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Be informed about the latest WP Security CVE MAY 2024 plugins, identified and reported publicly. It is a +144% INCREASE as specifically targeted WP Security Plugin Vulnerabilities compared to last month. Consider for your online safety, a WP/Woo SECURITY AUDIT, – OR – switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin - OR - Hire professionals for managed Security.
TLDR: the details on how to hack a specific software is made public, forcing the vendor to provide a solution (patch or upgrade), that closes that specific vulnerability. CVE is short for Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system provides a reference method for publicly known information-security vulnerabilities and exposures. Read more on wikipedia.org: Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures, Common Vulnerability Scoring System, Common Weakness Enumeration.
If you are serious about your online business, then you need to pay attention to the WordPress security best practices. The following cases made headlines PUBLICLY just last month in the WP Security CVE MAY 2024 category:
| Access Category Password | Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) |
| Advanced Cron Manager – debug & control | Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) |
| Captcha by BestWebSoft | Captcha Bypass (BAC) |
| CGC Maintenance Mode | Private Private Information Exposure |
| Coming Soon Page, Under Construction & Maintenance Mode by SeedProd | Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) |
| Debug Log Manager | Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) |
| Easy Login Styler – White Label Admin Login Page for WordPress | Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) |
| Fatal Error Notify | Broken Access Control (BAC) |
| Feather Login Page | Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) |
| File Manager | Directory Traversal |
| hCaptcha | Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via cf hcaptcha Shortcode |
| Header Footer Code Manager Pro | Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via message |
| Hide Dashboard Notifications | Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) |
| LoginPress Pro | Captcha Bypass (BAC) |
| LoginPress Pro | Unauthenticated License Activation/Deactivation (BAC) |
| Login With Ajax | Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) |
| Login with phone number | Broken Access Control (BAC) |
| Login with phone number | Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) |
| Login with phone number | Privilege Escalation (BAC) |
| Maintenance Mode by helderk | IP Bypass (BAC) |
| No Bot Registration | Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) |
| OAuth Server | Open Redirection |
| Passster – Password Protection | Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via content_protector Shortcode |
| Really Simple SSL | Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) |
| Remove Footer Credit | Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) |
| SecuPress Free | Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) to Banned IP Address |
| Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking | Broken Access Control (BAC) |
| Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking | Broken Access Control (BAC) |
| Sign up Sheets | Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) |
| Smart Maintenance Mode | Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) |
| SSL Mixed Content Fix | Broken Access Control (BAC) |
| Theme My Login | Broken Access Control (BAC) |
| User Registration | Privilege Escalation (BAC) |
| User Registration | Missing Authorization (BAC) to Unauthenticated Media Deletion (BAC) |
| UsersWP | Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) |
| WordPress File Upload | Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via Shortcode |
| WP 2FA | Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) |
| WP Activity Log Premium | SQL Injection (SQLi) |
| WP Encryption – One Click Free SSL Certificate & SSL / HTTPS Redirect to fix Insecure Content | Private Private Information Exposure via insufficiently protected files |
| WP Login and Logout Redirect | Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) |
| WP Mail Catcher | Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) |
| WP Masquerade | Account Takeover |
| WP SMTP | SQL Injection (SQLi) |
| Zero Spam | Bypass (BAC) Spam Protection |
| WordPress Security CVE (plugin vulnerabilities) reported in 2023: | 396 |
| WordPress Security CVE (plugin vulnerabilities) reported in 2024: | 92 |
| ALL WordPress CVE (core+plugin+theme vulnerabilities) reported in 2023: | 5853 |
| ALL WordPress CVE (core+plugin+theme vulnerabilities) reported so far in 2024: | 2366 |
Security isn’t something that you can just do once. It's something that's constantly evolving and you need to regularly update your site’s security standards and conduct routine website safety checks if you want to stay protected. There isn’t a way to 100% protect your website from hackers and other malicious attempts. But, if you want to give your site the highest level of protection possible, then it’s a good idea to update immediately these WP Security CVE plugins.
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