WordPress plugin · better-wp-security
Is Kadence Security safe?
Safe on 10.0.6 or newer.
The current version, 10.0.6, is past every affected range on record (7 of 7 records list one). Keep it updated and you’re clear of them.
- Flaws on record
- 7
- High or critical
- 3
- Exploited
- none
- Current version
- 10.0.6
- Last updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- Active installs
- 700,000+
Every recorded flaw
- Jun 21, 2024Solid Security: Use of Less Trusted SourceCVE-2022-44593 · affects up to 9.3.1 · reported by PatchstackLow 3.7
- Dec 29, 2023Solid Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')CVE-2023-28786 · affects up to 8.1.4 · reported by PatchstackLow 3.7
- Jan 6, 2021The iThemes Security (formerly Better WP Security) plugin before 7.7.0 for WordPress does not enforce a new-password requirement for an existing account until tCVE-2020-36176 · fixed in 7.7.0 · reported by MITRE1.3% oddsHigh 7.5
- Jun 22, 2018The iThemes Security (better-wp-security) plugin before 7.0.3 for WordPress allows SQL Injection (by attackers with Admin privileges) via the logs page.CVE-2018-12636 · fixed in 7.0.3 · reported by MITRE29% oddsHigh 7.2
- Mar 2, 2018The iThemes Security plugin before 6.9.1 for WordPress does not properly perform data escaping for the logs page.CVE-2018-7433 · fixed in 6.9.1 · reported by MITRE1.4% oddsHigh 7.5
- Aug 13, 2012Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Better WP Security (better_wp_security) plugin before 3.2.5 for WordPress allow remote attackers to iCVE-2012-4264 · fixed in 3.2.5 · reported by MITRE1.7% oddsMedium 4.3
- Aug 13, 2012Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in inc/admin/content.php in the Better WP Security (better_wp_security) plugin before 3.2.5 for WordPress allows remoteCVE-2012-4263 · fixed in 3.2.5 · reported by MITRE2.1% oddsMedium 4.3
Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.
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