9 WP Security Plugin Vulnerabilities JAN 2022 Threat

WP Security Plugin Vulnerabilities JAN 2022

Be informed about the latest WP Security Plugin Vulnerabilities JAN 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 security consulting.

A jaw-dropping approximated 530.000+ active WordPress sites are circumvented by WP Security Plugin Vulnerabilities JAN 2022, as security relies on these measures. The estimated number can increase with premium 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 JAN 2022 category:



• Paid Memberships Pro – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
  • Paid Memberships Pro gives you all the tools you need to start, manage, and grow your membership site. The plugin is designed for premium content sites, online course or LMS and training-based memberships, clubs and associations, members-only product discount sites, subscription box products, paid newsletters, and more. Active installations: 100,000+

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• WPFront User Role Editor – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
  • WPFront User Role Editor plugin allows you to easily manage WordPress user roles within your site. You can create, edit or delete user roles and manage role capabilities. Active installations: 60,000+

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• Hide My WP – Amazing Security Plugin for WordPress! – Unauthenticated Plugin Deactivation
• Hide My WP – Amazing Security Plugin for WordPress! – Unauthenticated SQL Injection
  • Hide My WP is number one security plugin for WordPress. It hides your WordPress from attackers, spammers and theme detectors. Over 26,000 satisfied customers use Hide My WP. It also hides your wp login URL and renames admin URL. It detects and blocks XSS, SQL Injection type of security attacks on your WordPress website. Active installations: 30,000+

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• WordPress Download Manager – Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
  • WordPress Download Manager is a Files / Documents Management Plugin to manage, track and control file downloads from your WordPress Site. Use Passwords, User Roles to control access to your files, control downloads by speed or by putting a limit on download count per user, block bots or unwanted users or spammers using Captcha Lock or IP Block feature, you may also ask users to agree with your terms and conditions before they download. Active installations: 100,000+

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• WP Mail Logging – Outdated Redux Framework
  • WP Mail Logging is the most popular plugin to log emails sent by WordPress or WooCommerce. Simply activate it and it will work immediately, no configuration necessary. Active installations: 100,000+

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• Download Monitor – SQL Injection
  • Download Monitor provides an interface for uploading and managing downloadable files (including support for multiple versions), inserting download links into posts, logging downloads and selling downloads! Active installations: 100,000+

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• RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration and User Login Plugin – Authentication Bypass
• RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration and User Login Plugin – SQL Injection
  • Create custom WordPress Registration Forms, allow secure user registration, accept payments, track submissions, manage users, analyze stats, assign user roles, automate processes, send bulk emails and much more. If you need to build a custom WordPress Registration Forms process, look no further! Active installations: 10,000+

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• .htaccess Redirect – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
  • This plugin has been closed as of December 3, 2021 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.

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• Protect WP Admin – Unauthenticated Plugin Deactivation
  • WP Protect Admin Plugin has Provide Extra Secutiry Layer to Protect Your WordPress Admin Area. Using this plugin you can safe your site using necessary features like change default admin login url (/wp-admin) user name & login history log. Active installations: 30,000+

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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 JAN 2022.

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