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Every flaw the U.S. government’s cybersecurity agency (CISA) has confirmed attackers are using, plus the new WordPress plugin and theme bugs published each day, sorted by what they mean for a small business. We refresh it twice a day. If you see something your website or office runs, tell us.
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Apr 10, 2026BuddyPress Groupblog: Privilege EscalationCVE-2026-5144 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by WordfenceHigh 8.8
The BuddyPress Groupblog plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.3. This is due to the group blog settings handler accepting the `groupblog-blogid`, `default-member`, and `groupblog-silent-add` parameters from user input without proper authorization checks. The `groupblog-blogid` parameter allows any group admin (including Subscribers who create their own group) to associate their group with any blog on the Multisite network, including the main site (blog ID 1). The `default-member` parameter accepts any WordPress role, including `administrator`, without validation against a whitelist. When combined with `groupblog-silent-add`, any user who joins the attacker's group is automatically added to the targeted blog with the injected role. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to escalate any user (including themselves via a second account) to Administrator on the main site of the Multisite network.
- Product
- BuddyPress Groupblog
- Affected
- up to 1.9.3
- What to do
- Affects up to 1.9.3. Update BuddyPress Groupblog to the newest version and check its changelog mentions this fix; if there isn’t one yet, deactivate it until there is.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordgithub.complugins.trac.wordpress.org
Apr 7, 2026Popup Box: Does not properly validate nonces in the add_or_edit_popupbox() function before saving popup dataCVE-2025-15611 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by WPScanMedium 5.4
The Popup Box WordPress plugin before 5.5.0 does not properly validate nonces in the add_or_edit_popupbox() function before saving popup data, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks. When an authenticated admin visits a malicious page, the attacker can create or modify popups with arbitrary JavaScript that executes in the admin panel and frontend.
- Product
- Popup Box
- Fixed in
- 5.5.0
- What to do
- Update Popup Box to 5.5.0 or newer.
Mar 13, 2023BackupBuddy: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')CVE-2022-31474 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by PatchstackHigh 7.5
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in iThemes BackupBuddy allows Path Traversal.This issue affects BackupBuddy: from 8.5.8.0 through 8.7.4.1.
- Product
- BackupBuddy
- Affected
- up to 8.7.4.1
- What to do
- Affects up to 8.7.4.1. Update BackupBuddy to the newest version and check its changelog mentions this fix; if there isn’t one yet, deactivate it until there is.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordithemes.compatchstack.com
Feb 21, 2023BackupBuddy: Does not sanitise and escape some parameters before outputting them back in various placesCVE-2022-4897 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by WPScanMedium 6.1
The BackupBuddy WordPress plugin before 8.8.3 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before outputting them back in various places, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Product
- BackupBuddy
- Fixed in
- 8.8.3
- What to do
- Update BackupBuddy to 8.8.3 or newer.
Aug 2, 2021get_ays_popupboxes() and get_popup_categories() functions of the Popup box: Did not use whitelist or validate the orderby parameter before using it in SQL statements passed to the get_results() DB callsCVE-2021-24458 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by WPScanHigh 8.8
The get_ays_popupboxes() and get_popup_categories() functions of the Popup box WordPress plugin before 2.3.4 did not use whitelist or validate the orderby parameter before using it in SQL statements passed to the get_results() DB calls, leading to SQL injection issues in the admin dashboard
- Product
- get_ays_popupboxes() and get_popup_categories() functions of the Popup box
- Fixed in
- 2.3.4
- What to do
- Update get_ays_popupboxes() and get_popup_categories() functions of the Popup box to 2.3.4 or newer.
Apr 2, 2013importbuddy.php in the BackupBuddy plugin 2.2.25 for WordPress allows remote attackers to obtain configuration information via a step 0 phpinfo action, which caCVE-2013-2744 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by MITREMedium 5
importbuddy.php in the BackupBuddy plugin 2.2.25 for WordPress allows remote attackers to obtain configuration information via a step 0 phpinfo action, which calls the phpinfo function.
- Product
- BackupBuddy
- What to do
- Update BackupBuddy to the newest version.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordarchives.neohapsis.compacketstormsecurity.com
Apr 2, 2013importbuddy.php in the BackupBuddy plugin 1.3.4, 2.1.4, 2.2.25, 2.2.28, and 2.2.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a crafted iCVE-2013-2743 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by MITREHigh 7.5
importbuddy.php in the BackupBuddy plugin 1.3.4, 2.1.4, 2.2.25, 2.2.28, and 2.2.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a crafted integer in the step parameter.
- What to do
- Update the plugin to the newest version.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordarchives.neohapsis.compacketstormsecurity.com
Apr 2, 2013importbuddy.php in the BackupBuddy plugin 1.3.4, 2.1.4, 2.2.25, 2.2.28, and 2.2.4 for WordPress does not reliably delete itself after completing a restore operaCVE-2013-2742 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by MITREHigh 7.5
importbuddy.php in the BackupBuddy plugin 1.3.4, 2.1.4, 2.2.25, 2.2.28, and 2.2.4 for WordPress does not reliably delete itself after completing a restore operation, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via subsequent requests to this script.
- What to do
- Update the plugin to the newest version.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordarchives.neohapsis.compacketstormsecurity.com
Apr 2, 2013importbuddy.php in the BackupBuddy plugin 1.3.4, 2.1.4, 2.2.25, 2.2.28, and 2.2.4 for WordPress does not require that authentication be enabled, which allows reCVE-2013-2741 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by MITREHigh 7.5
importbuddy.php in the BackupBuddy plugin 1.3.4, 2.1.4, 2.2.25, 2.2.28, and 2.2.4 for WordPress does not require that authentication be enabled, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, or overwrite or delete files, via vectors involving a (1) direct request, (2) step=1 request, (3) step=2 or step=3 request, or (4) step=7 request.
- What to do
- Update the plugin to the newest version.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordarchives.neohapsis.compacketstormsecurity.com
Where this comes from: the exploited list is CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Everything else is the whole National Vulnerability Database, where each record is published by the team that found the bug (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan, the vendors themselves and others); we show who. Exploit odds are FIRST’s EPSS, updated daily. Titles and categories are ours, so check the linked record before acting on a detail. For a write-up of the big ones, see our advisories. Every vendor, and every WordPress plugin and theme with a recorded flaw, also has its own page. All of it is free to reuse as JSON, CSV or RSS.
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