Vulnerability database
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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Nov 26, 2021Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability discovered in WordPress Floating Social Media Icon plugin (versions <= 4.3.5) Social Media ConfiguCVE-2021-36843 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by PatchstackMedium 4.8
Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability discovered in WordPress Floating Social Media Icon plugin (versions <= 4.3.5) Social Media Configuration form. Requires high role user like admin.
- Affected
- up to 4.3.5
- What to do
- Affects up to 4.3.5. Update the plugin 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 recordpatchstack.comwordpress.org
Nov 8, 2021Genie WP Favicon: Does not have CSRF in placeCVE-2021-24674 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by WPScanMedium 6.5
The Genie WP Favicon WordPress plugin through 0.5.2 does not have CSRF in place when updating the favicon, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change it via a CSRF attack
- Product
- Genie WP Favicon
- Affected
- up to 0.5.2
- What to do
- Affects up to 0.5.2. Update Genie WP Favicon to the newest version and check its changelog mentions this fix; if there isn’t one yet, deactivate it until there is.
Sep 2, 2021The Easy Social Icons plugin <= 3.0.8 for WordPress echoes out the raw value of `$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']` in its main file.CVE-2021-39322 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by WordfenceMedium 6.1
The Easy Social Icons plugin <= 3.0.8 for WordPress echoes out the raw value of `$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']` in its main file. On certain configurations including Apache+modPHP this makes it possible to use it to perform a reflected Cross-Site Scripting attack by injecting malicious code in the request path.
- Product
- Easy Social Icons
- Affected
- up to 3.0.8
- What to do
- Affects up to 3.0.8. Update Easy Social Icons 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 recordwpvulndb.comwordfence.com
Aug 30, 2021Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator: Does not sanitise or escape one of its parameter before outputting it back in the responseCVE-2021-24437 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by WPScanMedium 6.1
The Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator WordPress plugin through 1.3.20 does not sanitise or escape one of its parameter before outputting it back in the response, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) which is executed in the context of a logged administrator.
- Product
- Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator
- Affected
- up to 1.3.20
- What to do
- Affects up to 1.3.20. Update Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator to the newest version and check its changelog mentions this fix; if there isn’t one yet, deactivate it until there is.
Aug 16, 2021VikRentCar Car Rental Management System: Does not sanitise the 'Text Next to Icon' fieldCVE-2021-24519 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by WPScanMedium 4.8
The VikRentCar Car Rental Management System WordPress plugin before 1.1.10 does not sanitise the 'Text Next to Icon' field when adding or editing a Characteristic, allowing high privilege users such as admin to use XSS payload in it, leading to an authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue
- Product
- VikRentCar Car Rental Management System
- Fixed in
- 1.1.10
- What to do
- Update VikRentCar Car Rental Management System to 1.1.10 or newer.
Aug 2, 2021Popular Brand Icons – Simple Icons: Does not sanitise or validate some of its shortcode parametersCVE-2021-24503 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by WPScanMedium 5.4
The Popular Brand Icons – Simple Icons WordPress plugin before 2.7.8 does not sanitise or validate some of its shortcode parameters, such as "color", "size" or "class", allowing users with a role as low as Contributor to set Cross-Site payload in them. A post made by a contributor would still have to be approved by an admin to have the XSS triggered in the frontend, however, higher privilege users, such as editor could exploit this without the need of approval, and even when the blog disallows the unfiltered_html capability.
- Product
- Popular Brand Icons – Simple Icons
- Fixed in
- 2.7.8
- What to do
- Update Popular Brand Icons – Simple Icons to 2.7.8 or newer.
May 14, 2021Kaswara Modern VC Addons: Allows unauthenticated arbitrary file upload via the 'uploadFontIcon' AJAX actionCVE-2021-24284 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by WPScanCritical 9.8
The Kaswara Modern VC Addons WordPress plugin through 3.0.1 allows unauthenticated arbitrary file upload via the 'uploadFontIcon' AJAX action. The supplied zipfile being unzipped in the wp-content/uploads/kaswara/fonts_icon directory with no checks for malicious files such as PHP.
- Product
- Kaswara Modern VC Addons
- Affected
- up to 3.0.1
- What to do
- Affects up to 3.0.1. Update Kaswara Modern VC Addons 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 recordpacketstormsecurity.comcodecanyon.net
Apr 5, 2021In the Elementor Website Builder WordPress plugin before 3.1.4, the icon box widget (includes/widgets/icon-box.php) accepts a ‘title_size’ parameter.CVE-2021-24205 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by WPScanMedium 5.4
In the Elementor Website Builder WordPress plugin before 3.1.4, the icon box widget (includes/widgets/icon-box.php) accepts a ‘title_size’ parameter. Although the element control lists a fixed set of possible html tags, it is possible for a user with Contributor or above permissions to send a modified ‘save_builder’ request containing JavaScript in the ‘title_size’ parameter, which is not filtered and is output without escaping. This JavaScript will then be executed when the saved page is viewed or previewed.
- Product
- Elementor Website Builder
- Fixed in
- 3.1.4
- What to do
- Update Elementor Website Builder to 3.1.4 or newer.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordwpscan.comwordfence.com
Mar 18, 2021Unvalidated input in the AccessPress Social Icons plugin, versions before 1.8.1, did not sanitise its widget attribute, allowing accounts with post permission, CVE-2021-24143 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by WPScanHigh 8.8
Unvalidated input in the AccessPress Social Icons plugin, versions before 1.8.1, did not sanitise its widget attribute, allowing accounts with post permission, such as author, to perform SQL injections.
- Fixed in
- 1.8.1
- What to do
- Update the plugin to 1.8.1 or newer.
Oct 23, 2019The Modern theme before 1.4.2 for WordPress has XSS via the genericons/example.html anchor identifier.CVE-2015-9503 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by MITREMedium 6.1
The Modern theme before 1.4.2 for WordPress has XSS via the genericons/example.html anchor identifier.
- Product
- Modern
- Fixed in
- 1.4.2
- What to do
- Update Modern to 1.4.2 or newer.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordwpvulndb.comwpvulndb.com
Oct 23, 2019The Auberge theme before 1.4.5 for WordPress has XSS via the genericons/example.html anchor identifier.CVE-2015-9502 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by MITREMedium 6.1
The Auberge theme before 1.4.5 for WordPress has XSS via the genericons/example.html anchor identifier.
- Product
- Auberge
- Fixed in
- 1.4.5
- What to do
- Update Auberge to 1.4.5 or newer.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordwpvulndb.comwpvulndb.com
Oct 22, 2019The Artificial Intelligence theme before 1.2.4 for WordPress has XSS because Genericons HTML files are unnecessarily placed under the web root.CVE-2015-9501 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by MITREMedium 6.1
The Artificial Intelligence theme before 1.2.4 for WordPress has XSS because Genericons HTML files are unnecessarily placed under the web root.
- Product
- Artificial Intelligence
- Fixed in
- 1.2.4
- What to do
- Update Artificial Intelligence to 1.2.4 or newer.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordgithub.comwpvulndb.com
Oct 22, 2019The syndication-links plugin before 1.0.3 for WordPress has XSS via the genericons/example.html anchor identifier.CVE-2015-9495 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by MITREMedium 6.1
The syndication-links plugin before 1.0.3 for WordPress has XSS via the genericons/example.html anchor identifier.
- Product
- syndication-links
- Fixed in
- 1.0.3
- What to do
- Update syndication-links to 1.0.3 or newer.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordwordpress.orgwpvulndb.com
Oct 22, 2019The indieweb-post-kinds plugin before 1.3.1.1 for WordPress has XSS via the genericons/example.html anchor identifier.CVE-2015-9494 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by MITREMedium 6.1
The indieweb-post-kinds plugin before 1.3.1.1 for WordPress has XSS via the genericons/example.html anchor identifier.
- Product
- indieweb-post-kinds
- Fixed in
- 1.3.1.1
- What to do
- Update indieweb-post-kinds to 1.3.1.1 or newer.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordwpvulndb.comwpvulndb.com
Sep 25, 2019The multicons plugin before 3.0 for WordPress has CSRF with resultant XSS via the wp-admin/options-general.php?page=multicons%2Fmulticons.php global_url or admiCVE-2015-9424 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by MITREMedium 6.5
The multicons plugin before 3.0 for WordPress has CSRF with resultant XSS via the wp-admin/options-general.php?page=multicons%2Fmulticons.php global_url or admin_url parameter.
- Product
- multicons
- Fixed in
- 3.0
- What to do
- Update multicons to 3.0 or newer.
Aug 14, 2019An issue was discovered in the svg-vector-icon-plugin (aka WP SVG Icons) plugin through 3.2.1 for WordPress.CVE-2019-14216 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by MITREHigh 8.8
An issue was discovered in the svg-vector-icon-plugin (aka WP SVG Icons) plugin through 3.2.1 for WordPress. wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-svg-icons-custom-set mishandles Custom Icon uploads. CSRF leads to upload of a ZIP archive containing a .php file.
- Product
- An issue was discovered in the svg-vector-icon-plugin (aka WP SVG Icons)
- Affected
- up to 3.2.1
- What to do
- Affects up to 3.2.1. Update An issue was discovered in the svg-vector-icon-plugin (aka WP SVG Icons) 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 recordwpvulndb.comzeroauth.ltd
Feb 15, 2019Vulnerability in Easy2map-photos WordPress Plugin v1.09 MapPinImageUpload.php and MapPinIconSave.php allows path traversal when specifying file names creating fCVE-2015-4617 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by larry0@me.comHigh 7.5
Vulnerability in Easy2map-photos WordPress Plugin v1.09 MapPinImageUpload.php and MapPinIconSave.php allows path traversal when specifying file names creating files outside of the upload directory.
- Affected
- 1.09 to 1.09
- What to do
- Affects 1.09 to 1.09. Update the plugin 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 recordvapidlabs.comwordpress.org
Jul 16, 2018Multiple Persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) issues in the Techotronic all-in-one-favicon (aka All In One Favicon) plugin 4.6 for WordPress allow remote attacCVE-2018-13832 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by MITREMedium 4.8
Multiple Persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) issues in the Techotronic all-in-one-favicon (aka All In One Favicon) plugin 4.6 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via Apple-Text, GIF-Text, ICO-Text, PNG-Text, or JPG-Text.
- Product
- Techotronic all-in-one-favicon (aka All In One Favicon)
- Fixed in
- 4.6
- What to do
- Update Techotronic all-in-one-favicon (aka All In One Favicon) to 4.6 or newer.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordhackpuntes.comexploit-db.com
Jun 17, 2015example.html in Genericons before 3.3.1, as used in WordPress before 4.2.2,: Cross-site scripting (XSS)CVE-2015-3429 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by MITREMedium 4.3
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in example.html in Genericons before 3.3.1, as used in WordPress before 4.2.2, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a fragment identifier.
- Product
- example.html in Genericons before 3.3.1, as used in WordPress before 4.2.2,
- Fixed in
- 3.3.1
- What to do
- Update example.html in Genericons before 3.3.1, as used in WordPress before 4.2.2, to 3.3.1 or newer.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordlists.fedoraproject.orglists.fedoraproject.org
Feb 25, 2015Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Easy Social Icons plugin before 1.2.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication CVE-2015-2084 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by MITREMedium 6.8
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Easy Social Icons plugin before 1.2.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the image_file parameter in an edit action in the cnss_social_icon_add page to wp-admin/admin.php.
- Product
- Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Easy Social Icons
- Fixed in
- 1.2.3
- What to do
- Update Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Easy Social Icons to 1.2.3 or newer.
Full record and what to do →NVD recordpacketstormsecurity.comseclists.org
Jan 2, 2015Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Sliding Social Icons plugin 1.61 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authenticaCVE-2014-9437 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by MITREMedium 6.8
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Sliding Social Icons plugin 1.61 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) change plugin settings via unspecified vectors or (2) conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the sc_social_slider_margin parameter in a wpbs_save_settings action in the wpbs_panel page to wp-admin/admin.php.
- Product
- Sliding Social Icons
- Affected
- 1.61 to 1.61
- What to do
- Affects 1.61 to 1.61. Update Sliding Social Icons 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 recordpacketstormsecurity.comexchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Jul 2, 2014Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in asset-studio/icons-launcher.php in the WP App Maker plugin 1.0.16.4 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackerCVE-2014-4578 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by MITREMedium 4.3
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in asset-studio/icons-launcher.php in the WP App Maker plugin 1.0.16.4 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the uid parameter.
- Product
- WP App Maker
- Affected
- up to 1.0.16.4
- What to do
- Affects up to 1.0.16.4. Update WP App Maker 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 recordcodevigilant.comcodevigilant.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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