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Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (September 21, 2026 to September 27, 2026)
Matched: WordPress
Wordfence reported 319 WordPress vulnerabilities across 222 plugins for the week of September 21–27, 2026. Of these, 305 were patched and 14 remain unpatched. Fourteen vulnerabilities were rated critical, including unauthenticated privilege escalation, remote code execution, and arbitrary file upload flaws. WordPress core itself received a patch for an unauthenticated local file inclusion bug. Cross-site scripting and missing authorization were the most common vulnerability types. 156 researchers contributed disclosures.
Wordfence Bug Bounty Program Monthly Report – June 2026
Matched: WordPress
Wordfence's June 2026 bug bounty report logged 1,066 vulnerability submissions from 306 researchers. Of these, 185 were accepted as in-scope. Total bounties paid reached $42,553, with the top single award of $5,200 going to a researcher who found an authentication bypass in UpdraftPlus affecting 4 million sites. Key findings included remote code execution in Everest Forms Pro, privilege escalation in Kirki, and a supply chain compromise affecting ShapedPlugin plugins.
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (September 7, 2026 to September 13, 2026)
Matched: WordPress
Wordfence reported 260 WordPress plugin vulnerabilities across 207 plugins for the week of September 7–13, 2026. Of these, 217 were patched, 42 remain unpatched, and one is partially patched. Severity breakdown: 184 medium, 66 high, 10 critical. Top critical issues included unauthenticated remote code execution in The Events Calendar and privilege escalation flaws in several plugins. 147 researchers contributed disclosures.
Wordfence Bug Bounty Program Monthly Report – May 2026
Matched: WordPress
Wordfence's May 2026 bug bounty report recorded 1,095 vulnerability submissions from 293 researchers, down 15% and 10.4% respectively from April. Of those, 149 were in-scope. Total bounties paid reached $34,454, with the highest single award of $6,436 going to a privilege escalation flaw in the Kirki plugin. Critical findings included authentication bypass in Burst Statistics, actively exploited file upload in Breeze Cache, and arbitrary file read in Avada Builder affecting one million sites.
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 17, 2026 to August 23, 2026)
Matched: WordPress
Wordfence reported 240 WordPress vulnerabilities across 184 plugins and 17 themes for the week of August 17–23, 2026. Of these, 166 were patched and 74 remain unpatched. Seventeen critical-severity flaws were identified, including unauthenticated remote code execution in Broken Link Checker, JetEngine, and WP Compress, and unauthenticated file upload vulnerabilities in Elementor Pro, Forminator Forms, and Masteriyo LMS. Cross-site scripting and missing authorization were the most common vulnerability types. 105 researchers contributed disclosures.
PSA: Supply Chain Compromise in BdThemes Ecosystem via Poisoned API Response
Matched: WordPress
A supply chain compromise was discovered in the BdThemes WordPress plugin ecosystem, reported to Wordfence on August 7, 2026. The attack involved a poisoned API response affecting multiple plugins from the vendor. All affected plugins have been temporarily closed in the official WordPress plugins directory while the WordPress Plugins team conducts a full inspection and ongoing investigation.