🎉 Did you know we’re running a Bug Bounty Extravaganza again? Earn over 6x our usual bounty rates, up to $10,000, for all vulnerabilities submitted through February 29th, 2024 when you opt to have Wordfence handle responsible disclosure! Last week,…
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2023’s Critical WordPress Vulnerabilities and How They Work
🎉 Did you know we’re running a Bug Bounty Extravaganza again? Earn over 6x our usual bounty rates, up to $10,000, for all vulnerabilities submitted through February 29th, 2024 when you opt to have Wordfence handle responsible disclosure! In 2023,…
2023 Wordfence Critical Vulnerability Research in Review
🎉 Did you know we’re running a Bug Bounty Extravaganza again? Earn over 6x our usual bounty rates, up to $10,000, for all vulnerabilities submitted through February 29th, 2024 when you opt to have Wordfence handle responsible disclosure! In 2023,…
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (January 29, 2024 to February 4, 2024)
🎉 Did you know we’re running a Bug Bounty Extravaganza again? Earn over 6x our usual bounty rates, up to $10,000, for all vulnerabilities submitted through February 29th, 2024 when you opt to have Wordfence handle responsible disclosure! Last week,…
$1,900 Bounty Awarded for Arbitrary Options Update Vulnerability Patched in Cookie Information | Free GDPR Consent Solution WordPress Plugin
On December 11th, 2023, during our Holiday Bug Extravaganza, we received a submission for an Arbitrary Options Update vulnerability in Cookie Information | Free GDPR Consent Solution, a WordPress plugin with more than 100,000+ active installations. This vulnerability could be…
Local File Inclusion Vulnerability Patched in Shield Security WordPress Plugin
On December 18, 2023, right before the end of Holiday Bug Extravaganza, we received a submission for a Local File Inclusion vulnerability in Shield Security, a WordPress plugin with more than 50,000+ active installations. It’s important to note that this…
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (January 22, 2024 to January 28, 2024)
🎉 Did you know we’re running a Bug Bounty Extravaganza again? Earn over 6x our usual bounty rates, up to $10,000, for all vulnerabilities submitted through February 29th, 2024 when you opt to have Wordfence handle responsible disclosure! Last week,…
The Wordfence 2023 State of WordPress Security Report
Today, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team is releasing our 2023 State of WordPress Security Report as a free White Paper. In our report, we look at changes in the threat landscape, analyze impactful trends, and provide recommendations based on our…
The WordPress 6.4.3 Security Update – What You Need to Know
Today, January 30, 2024, WordPress released version 6.4.3, which contains two security patches for longstanding, albeit minor, security concerns in WordPress Core. The first patch addresses an issue that allows users with Administrator (or Super Administrator on Multisite) privileges to…
$1,275 Bounty Awarded For Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability Patched in MW WP Form WordPress Plugin
🎉 Did you know we’re running a Bug Bounty Extravaganza again? Earn over 6x our usual bounty rates, up to $10,000, for all vulnerabilities submitted through February 29th, 2024 when you opt to have Wordfence handle responsible disclosure! On December…