Wordfence Weekly Vulnerability Report – 99 New Vulnerabilities Disclosed
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Summary
Wordfence released its weekly vulnerability report, detailing 99 newly disclosed vulnerabilities across 87 WordPress plugins and 1 theme. The report highlights contributions from 68 security researchers and shows that 63 vulnerabilities have already been patched while 36 remain unpatched. Severity distribution is 65 medium, 24 high, and 10 critical. A new firewall rule, WAF‑R‑915, was deployed for Premium, Care, and Response customers to block exploitation in real time. Wordfence offers free access to its vulnerability API, webhook notifications, and a CLI scanner for continuous monitoring.
The report underscores the importance of staying up‑to‑date with plugin patches and leveraging Wordfence’s real‑time protection to mitigate emerging threats.
Key changes
- 99 new vulnerabilities disclosed across 87 plugins and 1 theme
- 68 security researchers contributed to the report
- 63 vulnerabilities patched, 36 remain unpatched
- Severity distribution: 65 medium, 24 high, 10 critical
- New firewall rule WAF‑R‑915 deployed for Premium/Care/Response customers
- Wordfence provides free vulnerability API, webhook, CLI scanner for real‑time monitoring