Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (Feb 27, 2023 to Mar 5, 2023)
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Last week, there were 117 vulnerabilities disclosed in WordPress based software that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 30 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. You can find those vulnerabilities below along with some data about the vulnerabilities that were added.
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Total Unpatched & Patched Vulnerabilities Last Week
Patch Status | Number of Vulnerabilities |
Unpatched | 44 |
Patched | 73 |
Total Vulnerabilities by CVSS Severity Last Week
Severity Rating | Number of Vulnerabilities |
Low Severity | 1 |
Medium Severity | 104 |
High Severity | 10 |
Critical Severity | 2 |
Total Vulnerabilities by CWE Type Last Week
Vulnerability Type by CWE | Number of Vulnerabilities |
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) | 53 |
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (‘Cross-site Scripting’) | 34 |
Missing Authorization | 16 |
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command (‘SQL Injection’) | 2 |
Information Exposure | 2 |
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key | 2 |
Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) | 2 |
Incorrect Privilege Assignment | 1 |
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type | 1 |
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (‘Injection’) | 1 |
Protection Mechanism Failure | 1 |
Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program (‘PHP Remote File Inclusion’) | 1 |
Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value | 1 |
Researchers That Contributed to WordPress Security Last Week
Researcher Name | Number of Vulnerabilities |
Lana Codes | 27 |
Rio Darmawan | 20 |
Mika | 13 |
Dave Jong | 6 |
FearZzZz | 4 |
Erwan LR | 4 |
yuyudhn | 4 |
WPScanTeam | 3 |
Prasanna V Balaji | 3 |
Marco Wotschka | 3 |
Rafie Muhammad | 3 |
TEAM WEBoB of BoB 11th | 2 |
Abdi Pranata | 2 |
Muhammad Daffa | 2 |
Nguyen Xuan Chien | 2 |
Marc-Alexandre Montpas | 1 |
TaeEun Lee | 1 |
Pounraj Chinnasamy | 1 |
Jarko Piironen | 1 |
dc11 | 1 |
rezaduty | 1 |
Mohammed El Amin, Chemouri | 1 |
Universe | 1 |
Alex Sanford | 1 |
Vaibhav Rajput | 1 |
MyungJu Kim | 1 |
Mahesh Nagabhairava | 1 |
Leonidas Milosis | 1 |
Shreya Pohekar | 1 |
Nguyen Thuc Tuyen | 1 |
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