WordPress security
Core and plugin vulnerabilities, backdoors, and account-takeover flaws across WordPress, the web's most-deployed CMS, plus the patches that actually matter.
FunnelKit CVE-2026-107746: Unauthenticated Order PII Leak, Patch Now
FunnelKit CVE-2026-107746 lets unauthenticated attackers read billing names, addresses, emails and phones from any WooCommerce order. Update to 3.17.0 now.
LatePoint CVE-2026-17538: WordPress Customer Data Tampering, Update Now
LatePoint CVE-2026-17538 lets any logged-in WordPress user edit arbitrary customer records in the booking plugin, and can enable account takeover. Update now.
Jeg Kit for Elementor CVE-2026-100180: Stored XSS, Patch Now
Jeg Kit for Elementor CVE-2026-100180 is an unauthenticated stored XSS fixed in 3.2.20, the second comment XSS in this 300k-install plugin in three weeks.
Newsletter Plugin CVE-2026-92537: Subscriber Token Leak, Patch
CVE-2026-92537 in the WordPress Newsletter plugin leaks a subscriber's login cookie to anyone holding a tracking link, exposing stored data. Update to 9.4.0.
WordPress Core CVE-2026-87902: Unauth File Inclusion RCE, Patch 7.1.2
CVE-2026-87902 is an unauthenticated WordPress core file-inclusion flaw that can run code, exploited in the wild and affecting every release since 4.7.0.
Request a Quote WooCommerce CVE-2026-18143: Unauth RCE, No Patch
CVE-2026-18143 is a critical unauthenticated file-upload flaw in Request a Quote for WooCommerce (through 2.9.2), with no patch yet. Act now.
HUSKY WooCommerce CVE-2026-92969: Unauth File Inclusion, Patch Now
CVE-2026-92969 is an unauthenticated file inclusion flaw in HUSKY Products Filter for WooCommerce (up to 1.4.4), fixed in 1.4.5. Update now and hunt your logs.
Brevo Hack Injected Malware at the CDN Edge, Evading Site Checks
Attackers abused Brevo (formerly Sendinblue) to inject malware into up to 100,000 sites at the CDN edge, so origin files never changed and checks missed it.
WordPress CVE-2026-93485: Stored XSS in Core, Update to 7.1.1
WordPress 7.1.1 fixes CVE-2026-93485, a stored cross-site scripting flaw in core that an unauthenticated comment can carry. Who is exposed and how to patch.
WP Fastest Cache flaw lets attackers poison cached pages served to every WordPress visitor
WP Fastest Cache flaw CVE-2026-74916 lets attackers poison cached WordPress pages and hit every visitor with malicious script. Update to 1.5.1 and purge cache.
Five WordPress plugin and theme flaws let attackers take the site or the whole server
Wordfence and Patchstack disclosed five unauthenticated WordPress flaws rated 9.8 to 10.0. GiveWP and Avada run code on the host. Patch all five now.
LiteSpeed Cache flaw lets a planted comment run scripts in your visitors' browsers (CVE-2026-18978)
CVE-2026-18978 is a stored cross-site scripting flaw in the LiteSpeed Cache WordPress plugin.
Elementor Pro flaw (CVE-2026-32475) lets an unauthenticated attacker upload PHP and run code. Patch to 4.2.2.
Elementor Pro before 4.2.2 has a critical file upload flaw (CVE-2026-32475, CVSS 9.0) letting an unauthenticated attacker plant a PHP webshell. Patch now.
A flaw in the Mailgun for WordPress plugin lets a stranger take over the admin account (CVE-2026-78003)
A critical Mailgun for WordPress plugin flaw (CVE-2026-78003) lets unauthenticated attackers reroute password-reset emails and seize admin accounts. Fix: 2.2.1.
A ransomware crew hijacked about 2,000 WordPress sites to spread its malware. Your site could be one of them.
Check Point unmasked StopAndProtect, a ransomware operation running on about 2,000 hacked WordPress sites.
Forminator WordPress plugin flaw lets attackers run code with no login (CVE-2026-15748)
CVE-2026-15748 is a CVSS 9.8 unauthenticated file-upload RCE in the Forminator WordPress plugin. Affects versions up to 1.56.1. Update to 1.56.2 now.
Bookly WordPress plugin flaw lets an anonymous visitor run scripts in the admin's browser (CVE-2026-13424)
CVE-2026-13424 is an unauthenticated stored cross-site scripting flaw in the Bookly WordPress booking plugin.
BdThemes WordPress plugins were hijacked to plant hidden admin accounts and a webshell
A supply-chain attack poisoned a data feed in BdThemes WordPress plugins to create hidden admin accounts and drop a webshell.
WordPress login-page XSS can chain to code execution, patch 7.0.3
WordPress 7.0.3 fixes CVE-2026-64638, a pre-auth login-page XSS that runs attacker code from one failed login and can chain to server code execution. Patch now.
A link an admin clicks can create a rogue WordPress admin via the AI Engine plugin (CVE-2026-15988)
CVE-2026-15988 lets an attacker create a new WordPress administrator on sites running AI Engine 3.6.5 or earlier if a logged-in admin clicks one link.
A public exploit lets a stranger log in as WordPress admin through miniOrange's single sign-on plugin
A public exploit for CVE-2026-15981 lets unauthenticated attackers log in as any WordPress admin via the miniOrange SAML SSO plugin. Update to 5.4.5 now.
WPForms Pro flaw lets a stranger upload a file and run code on your WordPress site. Patch now.
A flaw in WPForms Pro (CVE-2026-10818) lets unauthenticated attackers upload executable files to WordPress sites on versions up to 1.10.1.1 and run code.
wp2shell went from patch to public exploit in a day. Patching is no longer enough.
Public proof-of-concept exploits for the wp2shell WordPress Core RCE (CVE-2026-63030) are live and the mechanism is disclosed.
A stranger with no login can take over WordPress sites on 6.9 and 7.0. Patch now.
WordPress Core 6.9 and 7.0 carry wp2shell (CVE-2026-63030), an unauthenticated remote code execution flaw. Update to 6.9.5 or 7.0.2 right away, then hunt.
Mass CMS campaign turns unpatched plugins into webshells
Australia's cyber agency warns of a global campaign mass-exploiting 16 known CMS and plugin flaws to drop webshells on WordPress, Joomla and Craft sites.
A cache-plugin flaw backdoored 17,000 WordPress sites. A max-severity bug got 77.
An exposed server revealed WP-SHELLSTORM, a WordPress and Joomla webshell operation. Its own logs show CVE severity barely predicted which sites got hacked.
Super Forms flaw lets anyone take over a WordPress site, and a working exploit is now public
A critical flaw (CVSS 9.8) in the Super Forms WordPress plugin lets unauthenticated attackers run code on the server.
The free plugin was clean. The paid update is what backdoored these WordPress sites.
Backdoored ShapedPlugin Pro updates stole admin logins and 2FA seeds from WordPress sites between April and June 2026. A password reset alone will not clear it.
On 200,000 WordPress sites, a low-level user can quietly steal the admin's login
A contributor-level user can make Ultimate Member leak every user's password reset link, admins included. Affects versions through 2.11.4; fixed in 2.12.0.
Gravity SMTP CVE-2026-4020: Live SES and OAuth Keys Leak to All
Gravity SMTP's CVE-2026-4020 hands live Amazon SES, Google, and OAuth keys to unauthenticated visitors on 100,000 WordPress sites.
Operation Endgame Seized 106 SocGholish Servers, Entry Still Open
Operation Endgame seized 106 SocGholish servers and cleaned 14,971 WordPress sites. The takedown hit an access broker, not the entry vector.
Branda CVE-2026-11551: WordPress Account Takeover, Exploit Public
CVE-2026-11551 is a CVSS 9.8 unauthenticated account takeover in the Branda WordPress plugin (versions up to 3.4.29). A public exploit is out.
WordPress Form Plugin CVE-2026-9843: Entry Deletes Files on View
CVE-2026-9843 lets an unauthenticated visitor plant a form entry that deletes WordPress files when an admin opens it.
Awesome Motive's WordPress CDN backdoor only fired for logged-in admins. Your scanner missed it.
OptinMonster, TrustPulse and PushEngage served a backdoor that ran only for logged-in WordPress admins, evading visitor scanners. How to scope and hunt it.
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