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Essential Addons for Elementor has a critical security hole

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A critical security vulnerability was recently discovered in the Essential Addons for Elementor, a plugin that has over a million active installations on the WordPress plugin repository.  The plugin is used to “enhance your Elementor page building experience with 80+ creative elements and extensions“. One of those “creative elements” is the dynamic and product gallery …

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AccessPress hack underlines the importance of core file monitoring

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AccessPress hack underlines the importance of core file monitoring Core file integrity monitoring is when a tool is in place that ensures WordPress application files are changed only during an actual WordPress upgrade. Plugins, themes or other 3rd party code should never alter core files. The Jetpack security team discovered that 93 AccessPress WordPress add-ons …

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Protecting WordPress with Open Source Web Application Firewall ModSecurity

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In this guide you will learn how to install and protect WordPress with the Open Source Web Application Firewall (WAF) ModSecurity. We will also install the latest protection rules from the OWASP Core Rule Set (CRS). A WAF is a great addition to the Cyber Security protection for your WordPress blog or website and can …

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WooCommerce Unauthenticated SQL Injection Vulnerability

WooCommerce Unauthenticated SQL Injection Vulnerability

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On 15th July 2021, news was going around regarding an unauthenticated SQL Injection in WooCommerce. WooCommerce released a blog post about the vulnerabilities here: https://woocommerce.com/posts/critical-vulnerability-detected-july-2021/#. The vulnerabilities were detected on the 13th of July and fixed in WooCommerce versions 3.3.6 to 5.5.1 and WooCommerce Blocks versions 2.5.16 to 5.5.1. This blog post is a short …

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WordPress PHPMailer vulnerability analysis

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On 13th May 2021, WordPress released WordPress 5.7.2, which was a security release fixing one vulnerability that affected versions 3.7 to 5.7. This vulnerability is a PHP Object Injection vulnerability in PHPMailer (CVE-2020-36326, CVE-2018-19296) that occurs via the addAttachment function with a UNC pathname. You may notice that there are two CVE’s in the security …

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WordPress XXE Vulnerability in Media Library – CVE-2021-29447

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WordPress versions 5.7, 5.6.2, 5.6.1, 5.6, 5.0.11 are affected to XML eXternal Entity vulnerability where an authenticated user with the ability to upload files in the Media Library can upload a malicious WAVE file that could lead to remote arbitrary file disclosure and server-side request forgery (SSRF). WordPress uses ID3 library to parse information about an audio …

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Events Manager Plugin Vulnerable5

100,000+ WordPress sites vulnerable due to Events Manager Plugin

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A non-trivial CSV injection vulnerability was discovered in a popular WordPress plugin called Events Manager v5.9.7.1 (active on 100,000+ websites). This makes the users’ machine vulnerable to remote attackers who can execute arbitrary commands on it. In this Blog-post, we will dive deep into what caused the flaw, an example Proof-Of-Concept showing exploitation in a sandbox environment, and mitigation …

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CVE-2020-8417: From CSRF to RCE and WordPress-site takeover

From CSRF to RCE and WordPress-site takeover: CVE-2020-8417

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A high-severity Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020–8417, exists in a popular WordPress plugin called Code Snippets, rendering over 200,000 websites vulnerable to site takeover. In this Blog-post, we will cover what caused the flaw, an example Proof-Of-Concept showing exploitation in a sandbox environment, and mitigation steps. What is the Code Snippets Vulnerability? The National Vulnerability …

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Why You Should Perform WordPress Vulnerability Scanning

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According to the latest Sucuri Hacked Website Report (2018), 90% of scanned WordPress websites were infected with one or more vulnerabilities last year. That’s up 7% from the previous year and shows you just how vulnerable WordPress websites can be. (Source) While the WordPress core is built to be as secure as possible, relying on …

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