WordPress 3.8.2 Security Release

Attackers are hijacking vulnerable home routers to launch attacks against WordPress sites. The attacks exploit two flaws in the TR-069 router management protocol to send malicious requests to port 7547. Experts have been advising home users to limit access to port 7547. Internet service providers (ISPs) could take steps…

An exploit was discovered in The Media File Manager plugin version 1.4.2 for WordPress. This vulnerability allows for directory traversal and the initiation of a remote cross site scripting (XSS) attack via the dir parameter of the mrelocator_getdir function of the file wp-admin/admin-ajax.php. A working exploit has been dislosed.

A Cross-site scripting vulnerability was found in WordPress plugin spam-byebye with all versions up to version 2.2.1 reported vulnerable. It is possible to launch this attack remotely and it allows for the injection of arbitrary web scripts or HTML via unspecified vectors. This would alter the appearance and would…

WPBrigade, the developer behind the Simple Social Buttons plugin, have just released a fix to a critical vulnerability. This vulnerability allows an attacker to completely take over a website.

Serious vulnerabilities in at least 11 plugins for WordPress are currently being used in an ongoing malware campaign that appears to have started last month. However, the group appears to have changed their tactics two weeks ago. Mikey Veenstra reported on the WordFence website.

The popular WordPress plugin, Social Network Tabs, which has been downloaded over 53.000 times in the past 7 years and is used to help users share content on social media sites, left thousands of linked Twitter accounts exposed to compromise.

Researchers have found a serious bug in the WP Live Chat Support plugin. This is the second time in six weeks that a vulnerability has been found in the plugin which is being used on thousands of WordPress websites. The latest bug allows hackers to inject their own code…

Researchers at Imperva have found that the overall number of new vulnerabilities in Content Management Systems in 2018 (17,142) has increased by 21% compared to 2017 (14,082) and by 159% compared to 2016 (6,615). WordPress-related vulnerabilities have exploded and have seen a staggering 300% increase in 2018 compared to…

WordPress 4.2.3 is now available. This is a critical security release for all previous versions and we strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately.

Three vulnerabilities in LearnPress prior to version 3.1.0 have been discovered. LearnPress is a popular plugin with more than 50.000 installations for the WordPress CMS that can be used to create and sell courses online. LearnPress is similar to Moodle, an open source learning platform.

A serious vulnerability has been discovered in older versions of the popular Code Snippets plugin for WordPress. The flaw allowed anybody to forge a request on behalf of an administrator and inject executable code on a vulnerable site. This is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) to Remote Code Execution…

And yet another WordPress commercial plugin gets exploited in the wild, as Wordfence security analysts identified attackers exploiting vulnerabilities in outdated versions of a commercial WordPress plugin since the end of january. In this case the fairly popular WP Cost Estimation & Payment Forms Builder plugin developed by Loopus…

The Arigato Autoresponder and Newsletter by Kiboko Labs plugin allows scheduling of automated autoresponder messages and newsletters, and managing a mailing list. You can add/edit/delete and import/export members. There is also a registration form which can be placed in any website or blog.

Researchers have discovered authorization bypass bugs in three WordPress plugins, making a total of 400,000 WordPress websites vulnerable to cyber attacks. The affected plugins are InfiniteWP, WP Time Capsule and the WP Database Reset plugin.

WordPress 4.7.2 was released last Thursday, January 26th. WordPress have just announced that In addition to the three security vulnerabilities mentioned in the original release post, WordPress 4.7 and 4.7.1 had one additional vulnerability for which disclosure was delayed.