The Ninja Technologies Network
For the past 30 months, we have reported quite a lot of vulnerabilities we discovered in WordPress themes and plugins. Here are some interesting stats and facts about them, as well as few recommendations for all developers of WordPress plugins and themes.
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The WordPress JobSearch WP Job Board plugin (1,600+ sales on Envato) fixed a broken access control vulnerability in version 1.8.1 and below that could allow users to take over the website and its database.
The WordPress WP DSGVO Tools (GDPR), which as 30,000+ active installations, fixed a severe vulnerability that is actively exploited in the wild.
16 WooCommerce product add-ons plugins fixed a critical broken access control vulnerability that could allow customers to take over the website and its database.
The WooCommerce Multi Currency plugin (7,700+ sales on Envato) fixed a broken access control vulnerability in version 2.1.17 and below that could allow customers to change the price of all products.
WordPress Automatic Plugin (26,000+ installations) fixed a critical vulnerability affecting version 3.53.2 and below that could allow unauthenticated users to take over the website and its database.