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📢 In case you missed it, Wordfence just published its annual WordPress security report for 2024. Read it now to learn more about the evolving risk landscape of WordPress so you can keep your sites protected in 2025 and beyond.  …

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On April 14th, 2025, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in Greenshift, a WordPress plugin with more than 50,000 active installations. This vulnerability can be used by authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to upload…

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📢 In case you missed it, Wordfence just published its annual WordPress security report for 2024. Read it now to learn more about the evolving risk landscape of WordPress so you can keep your sites protected in 2025 and beyond.  …

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On March 28th, 2025, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Move vulnerability in Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for WooCommerce, a WordPress plugin with more than 6,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for unauthenticated threat…

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📢 In case you missed it, Wordfence just published its annual WordPress security report for 2024. Read it now to learn more about the evolving risk landscape of WordPress so you can keep your sites protected in 2025 and beyond.  …

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On March 13th, 2025, we received a submission for an Unauthenticated Administrative User Creation vulnerability in SureTriggers, a WordPress plugin with more than 100,000 active installations. This vulnerability can be leveraged by attackers to create malicious administrator users when the…

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Read the 2024 WordPress Security Report by Wordfence: Despite another record year for disclosed vulnerabilities in 2025, the rising number doesn’t necessarily translate to increased risk for the vast majority of site owners. This article delves into the specifics of…

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On March 5th, 2025, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in Uncanny Automator, a WordPress plugin with more than 50,000 active installations. This vulnerability can be used by authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugins and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $31,200 per vulnerability, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find…

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On March 5th, 2025, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Upload and an Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability in WP Ultimate CSV Importer, a WordPress plugin with more than 20,000 active installations. The arbitrary file upload vulnerability can be…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugins and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $31,200 per vulnerability, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find…

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Last week, there were 147 vulnerabilities disclosed in 125 WordPress Plugins and 7 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 47 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugins and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $31,200 per vulnerability, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find…

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Use Genuine Wordfence and Stay Secure, Stay Supported, and Avoid Malware, Vulnerabilities and Backdoors – Genuine Wordfence is only available on Wordfence.com or from the WordPress Plugin Repository. Given our popularity and excellent reputation, there are unfortunately quite a few…

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Learn how WordPress security works from the inside out. A guide for vulnerability researchers on identifying flaws in WordPress core, plugins, and themes. The post WordPress Security Research Series: WordPress Security Architecture appeared first on Wordfence. This article has been…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugins and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $31,200 per vulnerability, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find…

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Learn more about the incredible success of the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program, what we’re looking forward to in the future, and how the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team will continue to invest in making the WordPress community and the web a…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugins and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $31,200 per vulnerability, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find…

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100,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Arbitrary File Upload, Read and Deletion Vulnerability in Everest Forms WordPress Plugin The post 100,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Arbitrary File Upload, Read and Deletion Vulnerability in Everest Forms WordPress Plugin appeared first on Wordfence.…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugins and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $31,200 per vulnerability, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find…

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On January 6th, 2025, we received a submission for an SVG Upload to Local File Inclusion vulnerability in Jupiter X Core, a WordPress plugin with more than 90,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for an authenticated attacker, with…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugins and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $31,200 per vulnerability, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find…

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On December 7th, 2024, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in Security & Malware scan by CleanTalk, a WordPress plugin with more than 30,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for an unauthenticated attacker to…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugins and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $31,200 per vulnerability, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugins and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $31,200 per vulnerability, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugins and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $31,200 per vulnerability, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find…

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Wordfence is excited to announce our new Refer-A-Researcher Program! Refer new researchers to our Bug Bounty Program and earn up to 20% commissions on their first 5 valid vulnerability submissions. Apply today and start earning. The post Wordfence Bug Bounty…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugins and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $31,200 per vulnerability, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $31,200 per vulnerability, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find…

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💥 Time to wrap up this year and kick-off the new year with a bang! We’re wrapping up the year with our End of Year Holiday Extravaganza, High-Risk Bonus Blitz Challenge, and Superhero Challenge for the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program. Through January 6th, 2025: All…

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💥 Time to wrap up this year and kick-off the new year with a bang! We’re wrapping up the year with our End of Year Holiday Extravaganza, High-Risk Bonus Blitz Challenge, and Superhero Challenge for the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program. Through January 6th, 2025: All…

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On October 23th, 2024, we received a submission for a Missing Authorization to Payment Refund and Subscription Cancellation vulnerability in WPForms, a WordPress plugin with more than 6,000,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for an authenticated attacker, with…

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💥 Time to wrap up this year and kick-off the new year with a bang! We’re wrapping up the year with our End of Year Holiday Extravaganza, High-Risk Bonus Blitz Challenge, and Superhero Challenge for the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program. Through January 6th, 2025: All…

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🦸 💥 Calling all superheroes and hunters! Introducing the End of Year Holiday Extravaganza and the WordPress Superhero Challenge for the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program! Through December 9th, 2024: All in-scope vulnerability types for WordPress plugins/themes with >= 1,000 active installations…

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On November 6th, 2024, our Wordfence Threat Intelligence team identified and began the responsible disclosure process for an Authentication Bypass vulnerability in the Really Simple Security plugin, and in the Really Simple Security Pro and Pro Multisite plugins, which are…

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The holidays are here, and so is your chance to earn big while helping secure the WordPress ecosystem! For all submissions to our Bug Bounty Program from November 12, 2024, to December 9, 2024, we’re rolling out our End of…

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Today we’re excited to announce the recent release of Wordfence CLI version 5.0.1 Now you can scan any WordPress database you have access to for malware and spamvertising with the new db-scan feature. If you are managing many WordPress sites…

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On October 19th, 2024, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Read and Deletion vulnerability in WPLMS, a WordPress premium theme with more than 28,000 sales. This vulnerability makes it possible for unauthenticated threat actors to read and delete…

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We haven’t raised our prices in a relatively high inflation environment in 2 years, and in the case of Wordfence Care and Response, for 2.5 years. So that time has come, and we want to let our free and paid…

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🦸 👻 Calling all superheroes and haunters! Introducing the Cybersecurity Month Spooktacular Haunt and the WordPress Superhero Challenge for the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program! Through November 11th, 2024: All in-scope vulnerability types for WordPress plugins/themes with >= 1,000 active installations…

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The audit log captures and stores security-related events on your website as they happen, and sends them securely to an off-site location to protect them from tampering, and to store them for your analysis. The post Announcing The Wordfence Audit…

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🦸 👻 Calling all superheroes and haunters! Introducing the Cybersecurity Month Spooktacular Haunt and the WordPress Superhero Challenge for the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program! Through November 11th, 2024: All in-scope vulnerability types for WordPress plugins/themes with >= 1,000 active installations…

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On October 23rd, 2024, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in AI Power: Complete AI Pack, a WordPress plugin with more than 10,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for an unauthenticated attacker to upload…

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🦸 👻 Calling all superheroes and haunters! Introducing the Cybersecurity Month Spooktacular Haunt and the WordPress Superhero Challenge for the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program! Through November 11th, 2024: All in-scope vulnerability types for WordPress plugins/themes with >= 1,000 active installations…

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🦸 👻 Calling all superheroes and haunters! Introducing the Cybersecurity Month Spooktacular Haunt and the WordPress Superhero Challenge for the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program! Through November 11th, 2024: All in-scope vulnerability types for WordPress plugins/themes with >= 1,000 active installations…

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🦸 👻 Calling all superheroes and haunters! Introducing the Cybersecurity Month Spooktacular Haunt and the WordPress Superhero Challenge for the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program! Through November 11th, 2024: All in-scope vulnerability types for WordPress plugins/themes with >= 1,000 active installations…

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In celebration of Cybersecurity Awareness Month and the ‘Secure Our World‘ theme for this year, we’re brewing up some extra-exciting opportunities to propel our mission to Secure the Web. The Cybersecurity Month Spooktacular Haunt gives researchers the chance to earn…

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On September 17, 2024, our Wordfence Threat Intelligence team identified and began the responsible disclosure process for two critical vulnerabilities in the LatePoint plugin, which is estimated to be actively installed on more than 7,000 WordPress websites. The post 7,000…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugins and themes at no cost to vendors? Through October 7th, 2024, XSS vulnerabilities in all plugins and themes with >=1,000 Active Installs are in scope for…

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On August 3rd, 2024, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in WP Hotel Booking, a WordPress plugin with more than 8,000 active installations. This vulnerability can be used by authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above,…

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For those of you that want to stay abreast of the newest vulnerabilities in the WP ecosystem, but like to multitask, here’s an audio roundup of the vulnerabilities we published in the month of September. This is something new I’m…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugins and themes at no cost to vendors? Through October 7th, 2024, XSS vulnerabilities in all plugins and themes with >=1,000 Active Installs are in scope for…

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On August 6th, 2024, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in Jupiter X Core, a WordPress plugin with more than 90,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for an unauthenticated attacker to upload arbitrary files…

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On August 28th, 2024, we received a submission for a Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover vulnerability in WCFM – WooCommerce Frontend Manager, a WordPress plugin with more than 20,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for an authenticated attacker…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugins and themes at no cost to vendors? Through October 7th, 2024, XSS vulnerabilities in all plugins and themes with >=1,000 Active Installs are in scope for…

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On the eve of WordCamp US 2024 we find ourselves in the midst of a revolution. It is perhaps the most profoundly transformative technology revolution our species has experienced in our short history in this Universe. In fundamental terms, since…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugins and themes at no cost to vendors? Through October 7th, 2024, XSS vulnerabilities in all plugins and themes with >=1,000 Active Installs are in scope for…

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On August 14th, 2024, we received a submission for a Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks, a WordPress plugin with over 40,000 active installations. This vulnerability can be leveraged by attackers with minimal authenticated access to set…

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On August 4th, 2024, we received a submission for an Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability in MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio by Sonaar, a WordPress plugin with over 20,000 active installations. This vulnerability can be leveraged…

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Yesterday, we announced the WordPress XSSplorer Challenge for the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program. The objective of this promotion is to help beginners get started in WordPress bug bounty hunting by opening up the scope of our Bug Bounty Program. Cross-Site…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Through October 7th, 2024, XSS vulnerabilities in all plugins and themes with >=1,000 Active Installs are in scope for…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Through October 14th, researchers can earn up to $31,200, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program!…

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From now through October 7th, 2024, we are expanding the scope of our Bug Bounty Program to include all Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities—both Reflected and Stored—in any WordPress plugin or theme with at least 1,000 active installations for all researchers.…

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On August 7th, 2024, we received a submission for an unauthenticated Local File Inclusion, Arbitrary Settings Update, and User Creation vulnerability in WP Job Portal, a WordPress plugin with more than 6,000 active installations. The post 6,000 WordPress Sites Affected…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Through October 14th, researchers can earn up to $31,200, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program!…

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On June 19th, 2024, we received a submission for a Remote Code Execution via Twig Server-Side Template Injection vulnerability in WPML, a WordPress plugin with more than 1,000,000 active installations. The post 1,000,000 WordPress Sites Protected Against Unique Remote Code…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Through October 14th, researchers can earn up to $31,200, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program!…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Through October 14th, researchers can earn up to $31,200, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program!…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Through October 14th, researchers can earn up to $31,200, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program!…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Through October 14th, researchers can earn up to $31,200, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program!…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Through October 14th, researchers can earn up to $32,100, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program!…

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Today, we’re incredibly excited to launch a new challenge for the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program: the WordPress Superhero Challenge! Through October 14th, we’re introducing a new active installation count range for our bounties for plugins and themes with 5,000,000+ active…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $10,400, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability,…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $10,400, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability,…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $10,400, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability,…

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On June 18th, 2024, during the 0-day Threat Hunt Promo of our Bug Bounty Program, we received a submission for an Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in 简数采集器 (Keydatas), a WordPress plugin with more than 5,000 active installations. This vulnerability…

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Today, we are very excited to announce the launch of our brand-new researcher dashboard for the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program! One frequent request we received from our researchers was to have a way to manage and track all their vulnerability…

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On Monday June 24th, 2024 the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team was made aware of the presence of malware in the Social Warfare repository plugin. After adding the malicious code to our Threat Intelligence Database and examining it, we discovered additional…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $10,400, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability,…

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10,000 WordPress Sites Affected by High Severity Vulnerabilities in BookingPress WordPress Plugin The post 10,000 WordPress Sites Affected by High Severity Vulnerabilities in BookingPress WordPress Plugin appeared first on Wordfence. This article has been indexed from Blog – Wordfence Read…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $10,400, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability,…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $10,400, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability,…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $10,400, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability, submit the details directly to us,…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $10,400, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability, submit the details directly to us,…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $10,400, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability,…

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Welcome to Part 1 of the WordPress Security Research Beginner Series! If you haven’t had a chance, please review the series introduction blog post for more details on the goal of this series and what to expect. Before diving into…

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Learn How To Find WordPress Vulnerabilities Step-by-Step Welcome to the inaugural post of our WordPress Security Research Beginner’s Series! With the success of the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program, we wanted to provide emerging vulnerability researchers, and experienced Bug Bounty Hunters,…

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On June 24th, 2024, we became aware of a supply chain attack targeting multiple WordPress plugins hosted on WordPress.org. An attacker was able to successfully compromise five WordPress.org accounts, where the developers were utilizing credentials previously found in data breaches,…

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On Monday June 24th, 2024 the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team was made aware of the presence of malware in the Social Warfare repository plugin (see post Supply Chain Attack on WordPress.org Plugins Leads to 5 Maliciously Compromised WordPress Plugins). After…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $10,400, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability,…

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On June 24th, 2024, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team became aware of a WordPress plugin, Social Warfare, that was infected with malware through the WordPress repository. Upon further investigation, our team quickly identified 4 additional affected plugins through our internal…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $10,400, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability,…

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On Monday June 24th, 2024 the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team became aware of a plugin, Social Warfare, that was injected with malicious code on June 22, 2024 based on a forum post by the WordPress.org Plugin Review team. We immediately…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $10,400, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability,…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $10,400, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability,…

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At Wordfence our mission is to Secure The Web. WordPress powers over 40% of the Web, and Wordfence secures over 5 million WordPress websites. That’s why we’ve decided to run another exciting and new promotion for our Bug Bounty Program.…

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📢 Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $10,400, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a vulnerability,…

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