WordPress Vulnerability Report – July 19, 2023

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Dan Knauss
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July 19, 2023

Last Updated on July 19, 2023

Since last week, 80 total vulnerabilities emerged in public disclosure. They may affect over 5 million WordPress sites. There are 55 plugin vulnerabilities with security patches available, so run those updates!

Additionally, there are 23 plugin vulnerabilities and two theme vulnerabilities with no patch available yet. If you discover you are using an unpatched plugin or theme, check their vendors’ intentions and progress on a security release. If no patch is forthcoming or the vulnerable software has been marked “closed” and dropped from the official WordPress theme and plugin repositories, you should consider deactivation and removal in favor of alternative solutions.

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