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New WooCommerce Security Best Practices Guide
WooCommerce is a widely used e-commerce platform, powering nearly 6 million online stores worldwide. Its popularity makes it a prime target for cybercriminals looking to exploit vulnerabilities and steal sensitive data and credit card information. In fact, according to data from our latest 2022 hacked website report, the top three most common cleanup signatures for […]
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StylemixThemes Addresses Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in BookIt WordPress Plugin
On May 22, 2023, our Wordfence Threat Intelligence team identified and began the responsible disclosure process for an Authentication Bypass vulnerability in StylemixThemes’s BookIt plugin, which is actively installed on more than 10,000 WordPress websites. The vulnerability makes it possible for an attacker to gain access to any account on the site, including the administrator […]
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How to Stop WordPress Contact Form Spam (6 Ways)
Contact forms are excellent mechanisms to get interested users onto an emailing list, but spam can ruin that fast. Bots will fill up your contact form with fraudulent entries, which then trip up the email service provider. Soon you’re looking at your domain being flagged for spam, delivery rates plummeting, and the email service provider […]
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Tyche Softwares Addresses Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce WordPress Plugin
On May 29, 2023, our Wordfence Threat Intelligence team identified and began the responsible disclosure process for an Authentication Bypass vulnerability in Tyche Softwares’s Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce plugin, which is actively installed on more than 30,000 WordPress websites. This vulnerability makes it possible for an attacker to gain access to the accounts of […]
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Demystifying Website Hacktools: Types, Threats, and Detection
When we think about website malware, visible infection symptoms most often come to mind: unwanted ads or pop-ups, redirects to third party sites, or spam keywords in search results. However, in some cases these very symptoms are the results of hacktools, a diverse and often insidious category of software designed to exploit vulnerabilities and compromise […]
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Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (June 5, 2023 to June 11, 2023)
Last week, there were 45 vulnerabilities disclosed in 30 WordPress Plugins and no WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 17 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities in this report now to ensure your site is not affected. Our mission with […]
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What Are WordPress Salts & Security Keys?
In the realm of WordPress security, there’s a powerful tag team working tirelessly behind the scenes to safeguard your website’s login process. Meet salts and security keys, the cryptographic wonders responsible for protecting the sensitive information housed within the cookies that WordPress depends on for authentication. Think about it: when you log into your WordPress […]
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WordPress CSRF Attacks: Vulnerability and Prevention
All attacks are bad for your site, but WordPress CSRF attacks are damaging on multiple levels. This class of attacks hijacks the account of an authenticated user to steal data, change settings or permissions, and in general cause havoc. WordPress site administrators need to be particularly vigilant about CSRF vulnerabilities found in the plugins on […]
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How to Fix wp-feed.php & wp-tmp.php Malware in WordPress?
Is your malware scanner detecting a hacked WordPress site with no visible signs? Are visitors complaining about spam ads that you can’t see? If so, your site may have fallen victim to the wp-feed.php malware. This hidden hack displays illegal product, drug, or adult content ads to visitors while remaining unnoticed by site owners. It’s […]
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