WordPress Vulnerability Report: August 2021, Part 4
Vulnerable plugins and themes are the #1 reason WordPress websites get hacked. The weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report powered by WPScan covers recent WordPress plugin, theme, and core vulnerabilities, and what to do if you run one of the vulnerable plugins or themes on your website. Each vulnerability will have a severity rating of Low, Medium, High, or Critical.
Vulnerable plugins and themes are the #1 reason WordPress websites get hacked. The weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report powered by WPScan covers recent WordPress plugin, theme, and core vulnerabilities, and what to do if you run one of the vulnerable plugins or themes on your website.
Each vulnerability will have a severity rating of Low, Medium, High, or Critical. Responsible disclosure and reporting of vulnerabilities is an integral part of keeping the WordPress community safe.
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WordPress Core Vulnerabilities
WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
In this section, the latest WordPress plugin vulnerabilities have been disclosed. Each plugin listing includes the type of vulnerability, the version number if patched, and the severity rating.
1. rucy
Plugin: rucy
Vulnerability: CSRF Bypass
Patched in Version: No known fix
Severity: Medium
2. WP-Backgrounds Lite
Plugin: WP-Backgrounds Lite
Vulnerability: CSRF Bypass
Patched in Version: No known fix
Severity Score: Medium
3. WP Security Question
Plugin: WP Security Question
Vulnerability: CSRF Bypass
Patched in Version: No known fix
Severity Score: Medium
4. Event Espresso 4 Decaf – Event Registration Event Ticketing
Plugin: WEvent Espresso 4 Decaf – Event Registration Event Ticketing
Vulnerability: CSRF Bypass
Patched in Version: No known fix
Severity Score: Medium
5. WordPress Photo Gallery – Image Gallery
Plugin: WordPress Photo Gallery – Image Gallery
Vulnerability: CSRF Bypass
Patched in Version: No known fix
Severity Score: Medium
6. Opal Estate
Plugin: Opal Estate
Vulnerability: CSRF Bypass
Patched in Version: No known fix
Severity Score: Medium
7. Sync to Etsy Marketplace from WooCommerce
Plugin: Sync to Etsy Marketplace from WooCommerce
Vulnerability: RCSRF Bypass
Patched in Version: 3.3.2
Severity Score: Medium
8. RAYS Grid
Plugin: RAYS Grid
Vulnerability: CSRF Bypass
Patched in Version: No known fix
Severity Score: Medium
9. Sell Media
Plugin: Sell Media
Vulnerability: CSRF Bypass
Patched in Version: No known fix
Severity Score: Medium
10. Simple eCommerce
Plugin: Simple eCommerce
Vulnerability: Arbitrary File Upload
Patched in Version: No known fix
Severity Score: Critical
11. WP Courses LMS
Plugin: WP Courses LMS
Vulnerability: Authenticated Stored XSS via Video Embed Code
Patched in Version: 2.0.44
Severity Score: Low
Plugin: WP Courses LMS
Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: 2.0.44
Severity Score: High
12. CBX Bookmark & Favorite
Plugin: CBX Bookmark & Favorite
Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: 1.6.9
Severity Score: High
13. Afterpay Gateway for WooCommerce
Plugin: Afterpay Gateway for WooCommerce
Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: 3.2.1
Severity Score: High
14. Amazon Auto Links
Plugin: Amazon Auto Links
Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: 4.6.20
Severity Score: High
15. Post Carousel
Plugin: Post Carousel
Vulnerability: Unauthorised AJAX Calls
Patched in Version: 2.3.5
Severity Score: Medium
16. Smash Balloon Social Post Feed
Plugin: Smash Balloon Social Post Feed
Vulnerability: Unauthenticated Stored XSS
Patched in Version: 2.19.2
Severity Score: Critical
17. Stop User Enumeration
Plugin: Stop User Enumeration
Vulnerability: REST API Bypass
Patched in Version: 1.3.9
Severity Score: Medium
18. Language Bar Flags
Plugin: Language Bar Flags
Vulnerability: CSRF to Stored XSS
Patched in Version: No known fix
Severity Score: High
19. Email Artillery
Plugin: Email Artillery
Vulnerability: CSRF to Stored XSS
Patched in Version: No known fix
Severity Score: High
Plugin: Email Artillery
Vulnerability: Multiple Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: No known fix
Severity Score: High
Plugin: Email Artillery
Vulnerability: Multiple Authenticated SQL Injections
Patched in Version: No known fix
Severity Score: Medium
Plugin: Email Artillery
Vulnerability: Arbitrary File Upload
Patched in Version: No known fix
Severity Score: Medium
20. SEOPress 5.0.0
Plugin: SEOPress 5.0.0
Vulnerability: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: 5.0.4
Severity Score: Medium
21. SP Project & Document Manager
Plugin: SP Project & Document Manager
Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: 4.26
Severity Score: High
Plugin: SP Project & Document Manager
Vulnerability: Authenticated Shell Upload
Patched in Version: 4.22
Severity Score: Medium
22. WordPress Advanced Ticket System
Plugin: WordPress Advanced Ticket System
Vulnerability: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Patched in Version: 1.0.64
Severity Score: Low
23. WPHEKA Request For Quote
Plugin: WPHEKA Request For Quote
Vulnerability: CSRF Bypass
Patched in Version: 1.3
Severity Score: Medium
24. WAll 404 Redirect to Homepage
Plugin: All 404 Redirect to Homepage
Vulnerability: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Patched in Version: 2.1
Severity Score: Low
25. Fileviewer
Plugin: Fileviewer
Vulnerability: Arbitrary File Upload/Deletion via CSRF
Patched in Version: No known fix
Severity Score: Critical
26. Shopp eCommerce
Plugin: Shopp eCommerce
Vulnerability: Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload
Patched in Version: No known fix
Severity Score: Critical
27. MF Gig Calendar
Plugin: MF Gig Calendar
Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Patched in Version: No known fix
Severity Score: High
28. BuddyPress
Plugin: BuddyPress
Vulnerability: Activation Key Disclosure
Patched in Version: 9.1.1
Severity Score: Medium
Plugin: BuddyPress
Vulnerability: SQL Injections
Patched in Version: 9.1.1
Severity Score: High
29. Jock on air now
Plugin: Jock on air now
Vulnerability: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: 5.6.3
Severity Score: Low
Plugin: Jock on air now
Vulnerability: Arbitrary Plugin’s Settings Update via CSRF
Patched in Version: 5.6.2
Severity Score: Medium
Plugin: Jock on air now
Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: 5.6.2
Severity Score: High
30. ThinkTwit
Plugin: ThinkTwit
Vulnerability: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Patched in Version: 1.7.1
Severity Score: Low
31. Shopping Cart & eCommerce Store
Plugin: Shopping Cart & eCommerce Store
Vulnerability: CSRF to Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: No known fix
Severity Score: High
32. Gutenslider
Plugin: Gutenslider
Vulnerability: Contributor+ Stored XSS
Patched in Version: 5.2.0
Severity Score: Medium
33. Visual Link Preview
Plugin: Visual Link Preview
Vulnerability: Unauthorised AJAX Calls
Patched in Version: 2.2.3
Severity Score: Medium
34. Print My Blog
Plugin: Print My Blog
Vulnerability: Plugin Deactivation via CSRF
Patched in Version: 3.4.2
Severity Score: Medium
35. Splash Header
Plugin: Splash Header
Vulnerability: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Patched in Version: 1.20.8
Severity Score: Low
36. youForms for WordPress
Plugin: youForms for WordPress
Vulnerability: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: No known fix
Severity Score: Low
37. Availability Calendar
Plugin: Availability Calendar
Vulnerability: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: No known fix
Severity Score: Low
Plugin: Availability Calendar
Vulnerability: Authenticated SQL Injection
Patched in Version: No known fix
Severity Score: High
38. WP Mapa Politico Espana
Plugin: WP Mapa Politico Espana
Vulnerability: Authenticated Stored XSS
Patched in Version: No known fix
Severity Score: Low
39. Alojapro Widget
Plugin: Alojapro Widget
Vulnerability: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting(XSS)
Patched in Version: No known fix
Severity Score: Low
40. You Shang
Plugin: You Shang
Vulnerability: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: No known fix
Severity Score: Low
41. WP Dialog
Plugin: WP Dialog
Vulnerability: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: No known fix
Severity Score: Low
42. Donate With QRCode
Plugin: Donate With QRCode
Vulnerability: Subscriber+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: No known fix
Severity Score: Medium
43. WP Mobile Menu
Plugin: Titan Framework – WP Mobile Menu
Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Patched in Version: 2.8.2.3
Severity Score: High
44. W3SCloud Contact Form 7 to Zoho CRM
Plugin: Titan Framework – W3SCloud Contact Form 7 to Zoho CRM
Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Patched in Version: 2.1.0
Severity Score: High
45. Erident Custom Login and Dashboard
Plugin: Erident Custom Login and Dashboard
Vulnerability: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Patched in Version: 3.5.9
Severity Score: Low
46. WP Cerber Security
Plugin: WP Cerber Security
Vulnerability: Rest-API Protection Bypass
Patched in Version: 8.9.3
Severity Score: Medium
Plugin: WP Cerber Security
Vulnerability: 2FA Authentication Bypass
Patched in Version: 8.9.3
Severity Score: Medium
47. Flagallery Photo Portfolio
Plugin: Flagallery Photo Portfolio
Vulnerability: Full Path Disclosure
Patched in Version: 4.25
Severity Score: Medium
48. GRAND Flash Album Gallery
Plugin: GRAND Flash Album Gallery
Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: 1.67
Severity Score: High
Plugin: GRAND Flash Album Gallery 0.55
Vulnerability: lib/hitcounter.php pid Parameter SQL Injection
Patched in Version: 0.60
Severity Score:
Plugin: GRAND Flash Album Gallery
Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via wp-admin/admin.php skin parameter
Patched in Version: 1.76
Severity Score: High
Plugin: GRAND Flash Album Gallery 1.9.0 & 2.0.0
Vulnerability: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Patched in Version: 2.10
Severity Score:
49. 2Way VideoCalls and Random Chat
Plugin: 2Way VideoCalls and Random Chat
Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Patched in Version: 5.2.8
Severity Score: High
WordPress Theme Vulnerabilities
A Note on Responsible Disclosure
You might be wondering why a vulnerability would be disclosed if it gives hackers an exploit to attack. Well, it is very common for a security researcher to find and privately report the vulnerability to the software developer.
With responsible disclosure, the researcher’s initial report is made privately to the developers of the company that owns the software, but with an agreement that the full details will be published once a patch has been made available. For significant security vulnerabilities, there may be a slight delay in disclosing the vulnerability to give more people time to patch.
The security researcher may provide a deadline for the software developer to respond to the report or to provide a patch. If this deadline is not met, then the researcher may publicly disclose the vulnerability to put pressure on the developer to issue a patch.
Publicly disclosing a vulnerability and seemingly introducing a Zero-Day vulnerability–a type of vulnerability that has no patch and is being exploited in the wild– may seem counterproductive. But, it is the only leverage that a researcher has to pressure the developer to patch the vulnerability.
If a hacker were to discover the vulnerability, they could quietly use the Exploit and cause damage to the end-user(this is you), while the software developer remains content on leaving the vulnerability unpatched. Google’s Project Zero has similar guidelines when it comes to disclosing vulnerabilities. They publish the full details of the vulnerability after 90 days whether or not the vulnerability has been patched.
How to Protect Your WordPress Website From Vulnerable Plugins and Themes
As you can see from this report, lots of new WordPress plugin and theme vulnerabilities are disclosed each week. We know it can be difficult to stay on top of every reported vulnerability disclosure, so the iThemes Security Pro plugin makes it easy to make sure your site isn’t running a theme, plugin or WordPress core version with a known vulnerability.
1. Turn on the iThemes Security Pro Site Scanner
The iThemes Security Pro plugin’s Site Scanner scans for the #1 reason WordPress sites get hacked: outdated plugins and themes with known vulnerabilities. The Site Scanner checks your site for known vulnerabilities and automatically applies a patch if one is available.
To enable the Site Scan on new installs, navigate to the Site Check tab on the Features menu inside the plugin and click the toggle to enable the Site Scan.
To trigger a manual Site Scan, click the Scan Now button on the Site Scan Security Dashboard card.
If the Site Scan detects a vulnerability, click the vulnerability link to view the details page.
On the Site Scan vulnerability page, you will see if there is a fix available for the vulnerability. If there is a patch available, you can click the Update Plugin button to apply the fix on your website.
2. Turn on Version Management to Auto Update if Fixes Vulnerability
The Version Management feature in iThemes Security Pro integrates with the Site Scan to protect your site when outdated software is not updated quickly enough. Even the strongest security measures will fail if you are running vulnerable software on your website. These settings help protect your site with options to update to new versions automatically if a known vulnerability exists and a patch is available.
From the Settings page in iThemes Security Pro, navigate to the Features screen. Click the Site Check tab. From here, use the toggle to enable Version Management. Using the settings gear, you can configure even more settings, including how you want iThemes Security Pro to handle updates to WordPress, plugins, themes, and additional protection.
Make sure to select Auto Update if it Fixes a Vulnerability box so that iThemes Security Pro will automatically update a plugin or theme if it fixes a vulnerability that was found by the Site Scanner.
3. Get an Email Alert When iThemes Security Pro Finds a Known Vulnerability On Your Site
Once you’ve enabled Site Scan Scheduling, head to the Notification Center settings of the plugin. On this screen, scroll to the Site Scan Results section.
Click the box to enable the notification email and then click the Save Settings button.
Now, during any scheduled site scans, you’ll get an email if iThemes Security Pro discovers any known vulnerabilities. The email will look something like this.
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