Watch Out Wednesday – May 24, 2023

This Week’s Watch Out Wednesday shows the latest WordPress vulnerabilities including WordPress Core, UpdraftPlus, WeSecur Security and more!

Plugin: Groundhogg

Vulnerability: Auth. Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Patched Version: 2.7.10
Recommended Action: Update the WordPress Groundhogg plugin to the latest available version (at least 2.7.10).

Plugin: WooDiscuz – WooCommerce Comments

Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Patched Version: 2.3.0
Recommended Action: Update the WordPress WooDiscuz – WooCommerce Comments plugin to the latest available version (at least 2.3.0).

Plugin: AI Engine: ChatGPT Chatbot

Vulnerability: Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability
Patched Version: 1.6.83
Recommended Action: Update the WordPress AI Engine: ChatGPT Chatbot plugin to the latest available version (at least 1.6.83).

Plugin: nuajik CDN

Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Patched Version: None
Recommended Action: No patched version is available. No reply from the vendor.

Plugin: WP htaccess Control

Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Patched Version: None
Recommended Action: No patched version is available. No reply from the vendor.

Plugin: SEO Change Monitor

Vulnerability: SQL Injection vulnerability
Patched Version: None
Recommended Action: No patched version is available. No reply from the vendor.

Plugin: Cookie Monster

Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Patched Version: None
Recommended Action: No patched version is available. No reply from the vendor.

Plugin: BP Social Connect

Vulnerability: Authentication Bypass vulnerability
Patched Version: 1.6.2
Recommended Action: Update the WordPress BP Social Connect plugin to the latest available version (at least 1.6.2).

Plugin: Stop Referrer Spam

Vulnerability: Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability
Patched Version: None
Recommended Action: A partial fix is available in versions >= 1.2.9. No fully patched version is available. No reply from the vendor.

Plugin: WeSecur Security

Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Patched Version: None
Recommended Action: No patched version is available. This plugin has been closed as of February 21, 2023 and is not available for download. This closure is permanent. Reason: Author Request.

Plugin: Jazz Popups

Vulnerability: Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability
Patched Version: None
Recommended Action: No patched version is available. No reply from the vendor.

Plugin: Jazz Popups

Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Patched Version: None
Recommended Action: No patched version is available. No reply from the vendor.

Plugin: Scripts n Styles

Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Patched Version: None
Recommended Action: No patched version is available. No reply from the vendor.

Plugin: Better Notifications for WP

Vulnerability: Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability
Patched Version: 1.9.3
Recommended Action: Update the WordPress Better Notifications for WP plugin to the latest available version (at least 1.9.3).

Plugin: Performance Lab

Vulnerability: Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Patched Version: 2.3.0
Recommended Action: Update the WordPress Performance Lab plugin to the latest available version (at least 2.3.0).

Plugin: WooCommerce Predictive Search

Vulnerability: Broken Access Control vulnerability
Patched Version: 5.8.1
Recommended Action: Update the WordPress WooCommerce Predictive Search plugin to the latest available version (at least 5.8.1).

Plugin: WishSuite

Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Patched Version: 1.3.5
Recommended Action: Update the WordPress WishSuite plugin to the latest available version (at least 1.3.5).

Plugin: Simple Page Ordering

Vulnerability: Broken Access Control vulnerability
Patched Version: 2.5.1
Recommended Action: Update the WordPress Simple Page Ordering plugin to the latest available version (at least 2.5.1).

Plugin: Baidu Tongji generator

Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Patched Version: None
Recommended Action: No patched version is available. Reported to WP plugins review team on 2023 Apr 28.

Plugin: UpdraftPlus

Vulnerability: CSRF lead to wp-admin Site Wide XSS vulnerability
Patched Version: 1.23.4
Recommended Action: Update the WordPress UpdraftPlus plugin to the latest available version (at least 1.23.4).

Plugin: Waiting: One-click countdowns

Vulnerability: Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability
Patched Version: None
Recommended Action: No patched version available.

Plugin: Easy Forms for Mailchimp

Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Patched Version: None
Recommended Action: No patched version is available. 2023-02-08 – vendor (YIKES) notified about the vulnerability 2023-05-11 – we tried to notify the vendor (YIKES) again and got the answer that the plugin/business is sold to another company (EH Dev Shop). We notified the new vendor the same day. 2023-05-17 – still no reply from the vendor (EH Dev Shop). The decision to make the disclosure is made.

Plugin: WordPress Core

Vulnerability: Insufficient Sanitization of Block Attributes vulnerabilities
Vulnerability: Auth. Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Vulnerability: Unauth. Shortcode Execution vulnerability
Vulnerability: Unauth. Directory Traversal vulnerability
Vulnerability: Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability
Patched Version: 6.2.1
Recommended Action: Update the WordPress core to the latest available version (at least 6.2.1).

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