New WordPress plugin and theme vulnerabilities were disclosed during the second half of February. This post covers the recent WordPress plugin, theme, and core vulnerabilities and what to do if you run one of the vulnerable plugins or themes on your website.
The WordPress Vulnerability Roundup is divided into three different categories: WordPress core, WordPress plugins, and WordPress themes.
Each vulnerability will have a severity rating of Low, Medium, High, or Critical. The severity ratings are based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System.
WordPress Core Vulnerabilities
However, WordPress version 5.6.2 was released to fix a few bugs introduced in WordPress version 5.6.1.
WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
1. Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log
Vulnerability: CSRF Nonce Bypass
Patched in Version: 2.0.21
Severity: Medium – CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
2. Better Search
Vulnerability: CSRF Nonce Bypass in Import/Export
Patched in Version: 2.5.3
Severity: Medium – CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
3. Theme Editor
Vulnerability: Authenticated Arbitrary File Download
Patched in Version: 2.6
Severity: Medium – CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
4. Customer Service Software & Support Ticket System
Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: 5.6.0
Severity: Medium – CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
5. Zebra_Form Library
Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: No known fix
Severity: Medium – CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected Plugins:
Teaser Maker: No known fix – plugin closed
Ad Swapper: No known fix – plugin closed
Drug Search: No known fix – plugin closed
WP Inimat: No known fix – plugin closed
6. Ninja Forms
Vulnerability: Authenticated SendWP Plugin Installation and Client Secret Key Disclosure
Patched in Version: 3.4.34
Severity: Critical – CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vulnerability: Authenticated OAuth Connection Key Disclosure
Patched in Version: 3.4.34
Severity: High – CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Vulnerability: Administrator Open Redirect
Patched in Version: 3.4.34
Severity: Medium – CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Vulnerability: CSRF to OAuth Service Disconnection
Patched in Version: 3.4.34
Severity: Medium – CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
7. Custom Banners
Vulnerability: CSRF Nonce Bypass in saveCustomFields
Patched in Version: 3.3
Severity: Medium – CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
8. Process Steps Template Designer
Vulnerability: CSRF to Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: 1.3
Severity: Medium – CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
9. eCommerce Product Catalog
Vulnerability: CSRF Nonce Bypass
Patched in Version: 3.0.18
Severity: Medium – CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
10. Backup Guard
Vulnerability: Authenticated Arbitrary File Upload
Patched in Version: 1.6.0
Severity: Critical – CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
11. Responsive Menu
Vulnerability: CSRF to Settings Update
Patched in Version: 4.0.4
Severity: Medium– CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Vulnerability: CSRF to Arbitrary File Upload
Patched in Version: 4.0.4
Severity: High– CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vulnerability: Authenticated Arbitrary File Upload
Patched in Version: 4.0.4
Severity: Critical– CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
12. Orbit Fox by ThemeIsle
Vulnerability: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: 2.10.3
Severity: Medium – CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Vulnerability: Authenticated Privilege Escalation
Patched in Version: 2.10.3
Severity: Critical – CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
13. Testimonial Rotator
Vulnerability: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: No known fix
Severity: High – CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
14. WP Content Plus
Vulnerability: CSRF Nonce Bypass
Patched in Version: 3.2
Severity: High – CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
15. QuadMenu
Vulnerability: Unauthenticated RCE via compiler_save
Patched in Version: 2.0.7
Severity: Critical – CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
16. YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards Premium
Vulnerability: RCE via Arbitrary File Upload
Patched in Version: 3.3.1
Severity: Critical – CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
17. Photo Gallery by 10web
Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: 1.5.69
Severity: Medium – CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
18. Web-Stat
Vulnerability: API Key Disclosure
Patched in Version: 1.4.1
Severity: High – CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
19. NextGEN Gallery Pro
Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: 3.1.11
Severity: Medium – CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
WordPress Theme Vulnerabilities
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Source: Security Feed