Watch Out Wednesday – August 17, 2022

Understanding Vulnerabilities in WordPress Plugins

Every week, we highlight known vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins. This information helps you stay informed about potential risks and take appropriate action to protect your website. By addressing these vulnerabilities, you ensure the safety and integrity of your WordPress site and its data.

Plugin: AS – Create Pinterest Pinboard Pages

Vulnerability: Authenticated Options Change to Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Patched Version: No patched version available
Recommended Action: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability’s details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization’s risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.

Plugin: SP Project & Document Manager

Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Patched Version: 4.62
Recommended Action: Update to version 4.62, or a newer patched version

Plugin: Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings

Vulnerability: Server-Side Request Forgery
Patched Version: 1.0.95.1
Recommended Action: Update to version 1.0.95.1, or a newer patched version

Plugin: MultiVendorX – The Ultimate WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution

Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Patched Version: 3.8.12
Recommended Action: Update to version 3.8.12, or a newer patched version

Plugin: Helpful

Vulnerability: Authorization Bypass to Repeat Voting
Patched Version: 4.5.15
Recommended Action: Update to version 4.5.15, or a newer patched version

Plugin: Fast Flow

Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Patched Version: 1.2.12
Recommended Action: Update to version 1.2.12, or a newer patched version

Plugin: MultiVendorX – The Ultimate WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution

Vulnerability: Local File Inclusion
Patched Version: 3.8.12
Recommended Action: Update to version 3.8.12, or a newer patched version

Plugin: Calendar Event Multi View

Vulnerability: Missing Authorization to Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Patched Version: 1.4.07
Recommended Action: Update to version 1.4.07, or a newer patched version

Plugin: Uploading SVG, WEBP and ICO files

Vulnerability: Arbitrary File Upload
Patched Version: 1.2.0
Recommended Action: Update to version 1.2.0, or a newer patched version

Plugin: Gallery PhotoBlocks

Vulnerability: Cross-Site Request Forgery
Patched Version: 1.2.9
Recommended Action: Update to version 1.2.9, or a newer patched version

Plugin: ElasticPress Debugging Add-On

Vulnerability: Cross-Site Scripting
Patched Version: 2.1.1
Recommended Action: Update to version 2.1.1, or a newer patched version

Plugin: WP Database Backup – Unlimited Database & Files Backup by Backup for WP

Vulnerability: Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Patched Version: 5.9
Recommended Action: Update to version 5.9, or a newer patched version

Plugin: Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid Backup & Migration

Vulnerability: Authenticated (Admin+) Directory Traversal
Patched Version: 0.9.76
Recommended Action: Update to version 0.9.76, or a newer patched version

Plugin: WP Database Backup – Unlimited Database & Files Backup by Backup for WP

Vulnerability: Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Patched Version: 5.9
Recommended Action: Update to version 5.9, or a newer patched version

Plugin: MultiVendorX – The Ultimate WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution

Vulnerability: Multiple Unprotected AJAX Actions
Patched Version: 3.8.12
Recommended Action: Update to version 3.8.12, or a newer patched version

Plugin: THE Leads Management System: 59sec LITE

Vulnerability: Authorization Bypass
Patched Version: No patched version available
Recommended Action: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability’s details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization’s risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.

Plugin: All-in-One WP Migration and Backup

Vulnerability: Authenticated (Admin+) Cross-Site Scripting
Patched Version: 7.63
Recommended Action: Update to version 7.63, or a newer patched version

Plugin: Database Manager – WP Adminer

Vulnerability: Information Exposure
Patched Version: 1.1.6
Recommended Action: Update to version 1.1.6, or a newer patched version

Plugin: Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery

Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Patched Version: 1.7.1
Recommended Action: Update to version 1.7.1, or a newer patched version

Plugin: Uploading SVG, WEBP and ICO files

Vulnerability: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Patched Version: 1.2.0
Recommended Action: Update to version 1.2.0, or a newer patched version

Plugin: Gallery PhotoBlocks

Vulnerability: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Patched Version: 1.2.7
Recommended Action: Update to version 1.2.7, or a newer patched version

Plugin: SP Project & Document Manager

Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Patched Version: 4.62
Recommended Action: Update to version 4.62, or a newer patched version

Plugin: reSmush.it : The original free image compressor and optimizer plugin

Vulnerability: Missing Authorization
Patched Version: 0.4.4
Recommended Action: Update to version 0.4.4, or a newer patched version

Plugin: Paymattic – Secure, Simple Payment & Donation with Subscription Payments, Recurring Donations, Customer Management

Vulnerability: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Patched Version: 4.2.1
Recommended Action: Update to version 4.2.1, or a newer patched version

Plugin: Visual Portfolio, Photo Gallery & Post Grid

Vulnerability: Contributor+ CSS Injection
Patched Version: 2.19.0
Recommended Action: Update to version 2.19.0, or a newer patched version

Plugin: Directorist: AI-Powered WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings

Vulnerability: Sensitive Information Disclosure
Patched Version: 7.3.1
Recommended Action: Update to version 7.3.1, or a newer patched version

Plugin: Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid Backup & Migration

Vulnerability: Authenticated (Admin+) PHAR Deserialization
Patched Version: 0.9.75
Recommended Action: Update to version 0.9.75, or a newer patched version

Plugin: Corner Ad

Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Patched Version: 1.0.54
Recommended Action: Update to version 1.0.54, or a newer patched version

Plugin: Alpine PhotoTile for Pinterest

Vulnerability: Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Patched Version: No patched version available
Recommended Action: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability’s details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization’s risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.

Plugin: Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy

Vulnerability: PHP Object Injection
Patched Version: 3.0.2
Recommended Action: Update to version 3.0.2, or a newer patched version

Plugin: Notification Bar for WordPress

Vulnerability: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Patched Version: No patched version available
Recommended Action: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability’s details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization’s risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.

Plugin: Affiliates Manager

Vulnerability: Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Patched Version: 2.9.14
Recommended Action: Update to version 2.9.14, or a newer patched version

Plugin: Login No Captcha reCAPTCHA

Vulnerability: CAPTCHA Bypass via Whitelisted IP Address Spoofing
Patched Version: 1.7
Recommended Action: Update to version 1.7, or a newer patched version

Plugin: Affiliates Manager

Vulnerability: CSV Injection
Patched Version: 2.9.14
Recommended Action: Update to version 2.9.14, or a newer patched version

Plugin: Paymattic – Secure, Simple Payment & Donation with Subscription Payments, Recurring Donations, Customer Management

Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Patched Version: 4.2.1
Recommended Action: Update to version 4.2.1, or a newer patched version

Plugin: Affiliates Manager

Vulnerability: Cross-Site Request Forgery
Patched Version: 2.9.14
Recommended Action: Update to version 2.9.14, or a newer patched version

Plugin: Visual Portfolio, Photo Gallery & Post Grid

Vulnerability: Unauthenticated CSS Injection
Patched Version: 2.18.0
Recommended Action: Update to version 2.18.0, or a newer patched version

Plugin: Protect uploads

Vulnerability: Authorization Bypass
Patched Version: 0.4
Recommended Action: Update to version 0.4, or a newer patched version

Plugin: Affiliates Manager

Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Patched Version: 2.9.14
Recommended Action: Update to version 2.9.14, or a newer patched version

***

Check out the Watch Out Wednesday Archive for past Watch Out Wednesday posts.

About the Author

Recent Posts

WordPress