WP Security Plugin Vulnerabilities DEC 2022
Be informed about the latest WP Security Plugin Vulnerabilities DEC 2022 Threat Case Study, identified and reported publicly. These breaches create even more problems and vulnerability exploitation with a severe negative impact on any WordPress Security or WordPress Hosting. Contact us for our WP/Woo Security audit
A jaw-dropping approximated 3.011.000+ active WordPress sites are circumvented by WP Security Plugin Vulnerabilities DEC 2022, as security relies on these measures. It is a +51% INCREASE as targeted WP Security Plugin Vulnerabilities compared to last month. The estimated number can increase with premium versions and/or closed versions, as they are private purchases.
Furthermore, the initial estimation can multiply if we consider the already patched versions BUT NOT UPDATED by owners, as the vulnerability remains active within their domain. As these owners start changing their hosting provider (due to constant unexplained issues), they actively migrate these vulnerabilities behind protected areas, possibly exposing other clean WP to different attack types.
If you are serious about your business, then you need to pay attention to the WordPress Security best practices. In this post, we will share all the latest WordPress plugin vulnerability reports to help you protect your website against hackers and malware. The following cases made headlines PUBLICLY just last month in the WP Security Plugin Vulnerabilities DEC 2022 category:
- Subscribe to Category - Broken Access Control
- Active installations: 1.000+
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- DeepL Pro API translation plugin - API Key Disclosure
- This plugin has been closed as of October 26, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Booster for WooCommerce - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Booster for WooCommerce - Arbitrary File Download
- Active installations: 70.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Consider for your online shop, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WooCommerce Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WooCommerce.
- Five Star Restaurant Reservations – WordPress Booking Plugin - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Payment Status Update leading to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 20.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- WP User Frontend – Registration, User Profile, Membership, Content Restriction, User Directory, and Frontend Post Submission Plugin - Obscure Registration as Admin
- Active installations: 30.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Booster Elite For Woocommerce - Arbitrary File Download
- Booster Elite For Woocommerce - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Active installations: 2+ million
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Consider for your online shop, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WooCommerce Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WooCommerce.
- miniOrange's Google Authenticator – WordPress Two Factor Authentication (2FA , Two Factor, OTP SMS and Email) | Passwordless login - Broken Access Control
- miniOrange's Google Authenticator – WordPress Two Factor Authentication (2FA , Two Factor, OTP SMS and Email) | Passwordless login - Sensitive Data Exposure
- Active installations: 20.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Permalink Manager Lite - Broken Access Control
- Active installations: 60.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- WatchTowerHQ - Arbitrary File Download
- WatchTowerHQ - Arbitrary File Deletion
- Active installations: 100+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- AgentEasy Properties - Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of November 1, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- AM-HiLi - Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of November 2, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Download Plugin - Broken Access Control
- Active installations: 3.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Font Awesome 4 Menus - Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of November 2, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Video Thumbnails - Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of November 2, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Analytics for WP - Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of November 2, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Google Forms - VULNERAABILITY
- This plugin has been closed as of November 2, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Fancier Author Box by ThematoSoup - Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of November 2, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- reCAPTCHA - Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of November 2, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Image Hover Effects Css3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of November 1, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Find and Replace All - Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Find and Replace All - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- This plugin has been closed as of October 31, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Testimonial Slider - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- This plugin has been closed as of November 7, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- LoginPress | Custom Login Page Customizer - Broken Access Control
- Active installations: 200.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Checkout Field Editor (Checkout Manager) for WooCommerce - PHP Object Injection
- Active installations: 3.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Consider for your online shop, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WooCommerce Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WooCommerce.
- Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin - Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR)
- Active installations: 10.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Cyklodev WP Notify - Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of November 7, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler - Broken Access Control
- Active installations: 70.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Simple Video Embedder - Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of November 8, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Car Rental by BestWebSoft - Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of November 9, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- WordPress REST API Authentication - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Active installations: 8.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- User Blocker - CSV Injection
- This plugin has been closed as of November 9, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- wpForo Forum - Arbitrary File Upload
- wpForo Forum - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Active installations: 20.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Asgaros Forum - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- This plugin has been closed as of November 9, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Better Messages – Live Chat for WordPress, BuddyPress, BuddyBoss, Ultimate Member, PeepSo - Broken Access Control
- Active installations: 8.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- WPML Multilingual CMS - Broken Access Control
- WPML Multilingual CMS - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- This plugin has been closed and is no longer available for download.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- WP CSV Exporter - SQL Injection (SQLi)
- This plugin has been closed as of November 3, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- WPUpper Share Buttons - Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of November 9, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- WP Page Builder - Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of November 9, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Advanced WP Columns - Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of November 7, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Add Comments - Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of November 9, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Uji Countdown - Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of November 9, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- S2W – Import Shopify to WooCommerce - Local File Inclusion (LFi)
- Active installations: 4.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Consider for your online shop, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WooCommerce Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WooCommerce.
- PostmagThemes Demo Import - Arbitrary File Upload
- This plugin has been closed as of November 10, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Transposh WordPress Translation - Broken Access Control
- This plugin has been closed as of February 7, 2022 and is not available for download. Reason: Security Issue.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- TeraWallet – For WooCommerce - Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR)
- Active installations: 20.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- DPD Baltic Shipping - Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of September 7, 2022 and is not available for download. Reason: Security Issue.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Consider for your online shop, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WooCommerce Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WooCommerce.
- Crowdsignal Dashboard – Polls, Surveys & more - Privilege Escalation
- Active installations: 90.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- ULTIMATE TABLES - Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of November 17, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- WooSwipe WooCommerce Gallery - Broken Access Control
- This plugin has been closed as of November 17, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Consider for your online shop, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WooCommerce Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WooCommerce.
- iFeature Slider - Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of November 17, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Directorist – WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings - Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR)
- Active installations: 10.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- WP Tools Increase Maximum Limits, Repair, Server PHP Info, Javascript errors, File Permissions, Transients, Error Log - Broken Access Control
- Active installations: 2.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection - Broken Access Control
- Active installations: 10.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Memory Usage, Memory Limit, PHP and Server Memory Health Check and Fix Plugin - Broken Access Control
- Active installations: 8.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Disable Json API, Login Lockdown, XMLRPC, Pingback, Stop User Enumeration Anti Hacker Scan - Broken Access Control
- Active installations: 1.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Car Dealer (Dealership) and Vehicle sales WordPress Plugin - Broken Access Control
- Active installations: 3.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- SMSA Shipping(official) - Arbitrary File Download
- Active installations: 400+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards Premium - Arbitrary File Upload
- Active installations: 56.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Consider for your online shop, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WooCommerce Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WooCommerce.
- ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics - Broken Access Control
- Active installations: 200.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Consider for your online privacy, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP GDPR Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP GDPR.
- WordPress Countdown Widget - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- This plugin has been closed as of October 6, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Organization chart - Broken Access Control
- Active installations: 3.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- WP ULike – Most Advanced WordPress Marketing Toolkit - Unauthenticated Race Condition
- Active installations: 70.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- WP Clictracker - Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of November 4, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Content Repeater – Custom Posts Simplified - Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of November 4, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- FlyingPress Premium - Broken Access Control
- Active installations: N/A
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
- Consider for your loading time, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Speed Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Speed Up.
- Better Click To Tweet - Broken Access Control
- Active installations: 10.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed WP Security.
Security isn’t something that you can just do once. It's something that's constantly evolving and you need to regularly update your site’s security standards and conduct routine website safety checks if you want to stay protected.
There isn’t a way to 100% protect your website from hackers and other malicious attempts. But, if you want to give your site the highest level of protection possible, then it’s a good idea to update immediately these WP Security Plugin Vulnerabilities DEC 2022. You rely on a Security guard that currently is sleeping!
Why do you need updated security?
A WordPress Security plugin provides many valuable functions, but at its most basic, a WordPress security plugin protects your website from attacks during the time it is vulnerable. WordPress Security is a subject of big relevance for every single internet site proprietor. Google blacklists ~ daily 10,000+ internet domains for malware as well as ~ weekly 50,000 for phishing.
Even if your website starts protected, in time it will certainly come to be much less and less protected. It's important to secure on your own from hackers who are continuously seeking vulnerabilities within the popular WordPress CMS.
Once hackers find and exploit these vulnerabilities, then developers will patch those holes and release an update for their users. However, there’s a time gap of weeks or even months, between the time when the vulnerability is exploited and the patch is provided. During this time you’re exposed.
What is Vulnerability Knowledge?
As time passes, vulnerabilities are discovered in your plugins, theme and the version of WordPress core you are using. Those vulnerabilities (or Security holes) ALWAYS become public knowledge sooner rather, than later.
Can MY WordPress be hacked?
"No System Is Safe" and also WordPress is not an exemption. WordPress simply BY ITSELF is very secure. Stats reveal that 41% of hacked WordPress websites get hacked through WordPress hosting vulnerabilities, 29% through a theme, 22% through a plugin, and also 8% as a result of weak passwords. The Security of your site is only as good as the foundation it’s running on. That’s why it’s important to audit existing Security measures already in place, such as WP Security Plugin Vulnerabilities DEC 2022.
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