WordPress Vulnerability Report – October 4, 2023

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Dan Knauss
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October 4, 2023

Last Updated on October 4, 2023

Since last week, 97 total vulnerabilities have emerged in public disclosure. They may affect over two million WordPress sites. There are 50 plugin vulnerabilities with security patches, so run those updates!

Additionally, there are 47 plugin vulnerabilities with no patch available yet. If you use an unpatched plugin or theme, check their vendors’ intentions and progress on a security release. Suppose no patch is forthcoming or the vulnerable software has been marked “closed” and dropped from the official WordPress theme and plugin repositories. In that case, you should consider deactivation and removal in favor of alternative solutions.

WordPress Core Vulnerabilities — Patched

  • No new WordPress core vulnerabilities were disclosed this week.

WordPress core is very secure when it’s properly configured

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