Episode 75: The WordPress 5.4.1 Security Release & More Plugin Vulnerabilities
The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team unpacked the security updates in WordPress 5.4.1, and they published quite a few blog posts about vulnerabilities in popular plugins like Ninja Forms, LearnPress, and the Real-Time Find and Replace plugin. These plugin...How to make your WordPress website CCPA compliant
After the introduction of GDPR back in 2018, there’s now another law that’s set to further effect WordPress webmasters in their bid to remain compliant with local data privacy regulations. Its name? The California Consumer Protection Act (or CCPA...Unpacking The 7 Vulnerabilities Fixed in Today’s WordPress 5.4.1 Security Update
WordPress Core version 5.4.1 has just been released. Since this release is marked as a combined security and bug fix update, we recommend updating as soon as possible. With that said, most of the security fixes themselves are for vulnerabilities that appear to require...WordPress 5.4.1
WordPress 5.4.1 is now available! This security and maintenance release features 17 bug fixes in addition to 7 security fixes. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. All versions since WordPress 3.7 have also been...
WordPress Vulnerability Roundup: April 2020, Part 2
New WordPress plugin and theme vulnerabilities were disclosed during the second half of April, so we want to keep you aware. In this post, we cover recent WordPress plugin, theme and core vulnerabilities and what to do if you are running one of the vulnerable plugins...High-Severity Vulnerabilities Patched in LearnPress
On March 16, 2020, LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin, a WordPress plugin with over 80,000 installations, patched a high-severity vulnerability that allowed subscriber-level users to elevate their permissions to those of an “LP Instructor”, a custom...
High Severity Vulnerability Patched in Real-Time Find and Replace Plugin
On April 22, 2020, our Threat Intelligence team discovered a vulnerability in Real-Time Find and Replace, a WordPress plugin installed on over 100,000 sites. This flaw could allow any user to inject malicious Javascript anywhere on a site if they could trick a...Episode 74: Staying Safe When Hackers Use Sophisticated Attacks
Stories this week about targeted attacks using 0days in iPhone and iPad devices and a sophisticated phone scam targeting a security professional that ended with a $9,800 wire transfer underscore what we all know: malicious attacks are becoming increasingly...