February 17, 2019
Hacked, dangerous & vulnerable WordPress plugins
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AsSalam and hi all. WordPress is one of the most popular and widely used web CMS. Other than its free to install and use, it also have a huge selection of plugin that can be used (either free or paid). Most advance or pro WordPress web developer might already have list of plugin that they usually used or know how to check either the plugin is suitable and safe to be install and used or not. Be careful, as there are numbers of vulnerable and dangerous WordPlress plugins out there and here are some of the list;
| Plugin Name | Vulnerability Type | Min / Max Versions Affected |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Flash Gallery | arbitrary file upload | 1.3.0 / 1.5.6 |
| 360 Product Rotation | arbitrary file upload | 1.1.3 / 1.2.0 |
| Tevolution | arbitrary file upload | 2.0 / 2.2.9 |
| Addblockblocker | arbitrary file upload | 0.0.1 |
| Ads Widget | remote code execution (RCE) | 2.0 / n/a |
| Advanced Access Manager | privilege escalation | 3.0.4 / 3.2.1 |
| Advanced Ajax Page Loader | arbitrary file upload | 2.5.7 / 2.7.6 |
| Advanced Video Embed Embed Videos Or Playlists | arbitrary file viewing | n/a / 1.0 |
| Analytic | remote code execution (RCE) | 1.8 |
| Analytics Counter | PHP object injection | 1.0.0 / 3.4.1 |
| Appointments | PHP object injection | 1.4.4 Beta / 2.2.0 |
| Asgaros Forum | settings change | 1.0.0 / 1.5.7 |
| Aspose Cloud Ebook Generator | arbitrary file viewing | 1.0 |
| Aspose Doc Exporter | arbitrary file viewing | 1.0 |
| Aspose Importer Exporter | arbitrary file viewing | 1.0 |
| Aspose Pdf Exporter | arbitrary file viewing | 1.0 |
| Attachment Manager | arbitrary file upload | 1.0.0 / 2.1.1 |
| Auto Attachments | arbitrary file upload | 0.2.7 / 0.3 |
| Bbpress Like Button | SQL injection | 1.0 / 1.5 |
| Bepro Listings | arbitrary file upload | 2.0.54 / 2.2.0020 |
| Blaze Slide Show For WordPress | arbitrary file upload | 2.0 / 2.7 |
| Brandfolder | local file inclusion (LFI) | 2.3 / 3.0 |
| Breadcrumbs Ez | remote code execution (RCE) | n/a |
| Candidate Application Form | arbitrary file viewing | 1.0 |
| Cardoza Facebook Like Box | arbitrary file upload | 2.8.9 / 2.9.1 |
| Category Grid View Gallery | arbitrary file upload | 0.1.0 / 0.1.1 |
| Category Page Icons | restricted file upload | 0.1 / 0.9.1 |
| Cherry Plugin | arbitrary file upload | 1.0 / 1.2.6 |
| Chikuncount | arbitrary file upload | 1.3 |
| Cip4 Folder Download Widget | arbitrary file viewing | 1.4 / 1.10 |
| Cms Commander Client | PHP object injection | 2.02 / 2.21 |
| Contus Video Gallery | arbitrary file viewing | 2.2 / 2.3 |
| Cookie Eu | remote code execution (RCE) | 1.0 |
| Cp Image Store | arbitrary file viewing | 1.0.1 / 1.0.5 |
| Cross Rss | arbitrary file viewing | 0.5 |
| Custom Content Type Manager | remote code execution (RCE) | 0.9.8.8 |
| Custom Lightbox | possible remote code execution (RCE) | 0.24 |
| Cysteme Finder | arbitrary file viewing | 1.1 / 1.3 |
| Db Backup | arbitrary file viewing | 1.0 / 4.5 |
| Delete All Comments | arbitrary file upload | 2.0 |
| Developer Tools | arbitrary file upload | 1.0.0 / 1.1.4 |
| Disclosure Policy Plugin | remote file inclusion (RFI) | 1.0 |
| Display Widgets | remote code execution (RCE) | 2.6 |
| Dop Slider | arbitrary file upload | 1.0 |
| Download Zip Attachments | arbitrary file viewing | 1 |
| Downloads Manager | arbitrary file upload | 1.0 Beta / 1.0 rc-1 |
| Dp Thumbnail | arbitrary file upload | 1.0 |
| Dropbox Backup | PHP object injection | 1.0 / 1.4.7.5 |
| Dukapress | arbitrary file viewing | 2.3.7 / 2.5.3 |
| Duplicate Page And Post | spam injection | 2.1.0 / 2.1.1 |
| Ebook Download | arbitrary file viewing | 1.1 |
| Ecstatic | arbitrary file upload | 0.90 (x9) / 0.9933 |
| Ecwid Shopping Cart | PHP object injection | 3.4.4 / 4.4.3 |
| Email Subscribers | information disclosure | 1.2 / 3.4.7 |
| Enable Google Analytics | remote code execution (RCE) | n/a |
| Estatik | arbitrary file upload | 1.0.0 / 2.2.5 |
| Event Commerce Wp Event Calendar | persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) | 1.0 |
| Filedownload | arbitrary file viewing | 0.1 |
| Flickr Gallery | PHP object injection | 1.2 / 1.5.2 |
| Font Uploader | restricted file upload | 1.0 / 1.2.4 |
| Form Lightbox | option update | 1.1 / 2.1 |
| Formidable | information disclosure | 1.07.5 / 2.0.07 |
| Fresh Page | arbitrary file upload | .11 / 1.1 |
| Front End Upload | arbitrary file upload | 0.3.0 / 0.5.3 |
| Front File Manager | arbitrary file upload | 0.1 |
| Fs Real Estate Plugin | SQL injection | 1.1 / 2.06.03 |
| G Translate | remote code execution (RCE) | 1.0 / 1.3 |
| Gallery Objects | SQL injection | 0.2 / 0.4 |
| Gallery Plugin | restricted file upload | 1.01 / 3.1 |
| Gallery Slider | remote code execution (RCE) | 2.0 / 2.1 |
| Genesis Simple Defaults | arbitrary file upload | 1.0.0 |
| Gi Media Library | arbitrary file viewing | 1.0.300 / 2.2.2 |
| Google Analytics Analyze | remote code execution (RCE) | 1.0 |
| Google Document Embedder | SQL injection | 2.5 / 2.5.16 |
| Google Maps By Daniel Martyn | remote code execution (RCE) | 1.0 |
| Google Mp3 Audio Player | arbitrary file viewing | 1.0.9 / 1.0.11 |
| Grapefile | arbitrary file upload | 1.0 / 1.1 |
| Gravityforms | reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) | 1.7 / 1.9.15.11 |
| Hb Audio Gallery Lite | arbitrary file viewing | 1.0.0 |
| Hd Webplayer | SQL injection | 1.0 / 1.1 |
| History Collection | arbitrary file viewing | 1.1. / 1.1.1 |
| Html5avmanager | arbitrary file upload | 0.1.0 / 0.2.7 |
| I Dump Iphone To WordPress Photo Uploader | arbitrary file upload | 1.1.3 / 1.8 |
| Ibs Mappro | arbitrary file viewing | 0.1 / 0.6 |
| Image Export | arbitrary file viewing | 1.0.0 / 1.1.0 |
| Image Symlinks | arbitrary file upload | 0.5 / 0.8.2 |
| Imdb Widget | arbitrary file viewing | 1.0.1 / 1.0.8 |
| Inboundio Marketing | arbitrary file upload | 1.0.0 / 2.0 |
| Infusionsoft | arbitrary file upload | 1.5.3 / 1.5.10 |
| Inpost Gallery | local file inclusion (LFI) | 2.0.9 / 2.1.2 |
| Invit0r | arbitrary file upload | 0.2 / 0.22 |
| Ip Logger | arbitrary file upload | 2.6 / 3.0 |
| Is Human | remote code execution (RCE) | 1.3.3 / 1.4.2 |
| Iwp Client | PHP object injection | 0.1.4 / 1.6.0 |
| Jssor Slider | arbitrary file upload | 1.0 / 1.3 |
| Kingcomposer | arbitrary file upload | 2.7 / 2.7.4 |
| Like Dislike Counter For Posts Pages And Comments | SQL injection | 1.0 / 1.2.3 |
| Mac Dock Gallery | arbitrary file upload | 1.0 / 2.7 |
| Magic Fields | arbitrary file upload | 1.5 / 1.5.5 |
| Mailchimp Integration | remote code execution (RCE) | 1.0.1 / 1.1 |
| Mailin | SQL injection | 2.6.0 / 2.8.3 |
| Mailpress | local file inclusion (LFI) | 5.2 / 5.4.6 |
| Mdc Youtube Downloader | arbitrary file viewing | 2.1.0 |
| Membership Simplified For Oap Members Only | arbitrary file viewing | Beta 1.27 / Beta 1.58 |
| Menu Image | malicious JavaScript loading | 2.6.5 / 2.6.9 |
| Miwoftp | arbitrary file viewing | 1.0.0 / 1.0.4 |
| Mm Forms Community | arbitrary file upload | 1.0 / 2.2.6 |
| Mobile App Builder By Wappress | arbitrary file upload | n/a / 1.05 |
| Mobile Friendly App Builder By Easytouch | arbitrary file upload | 3.0 |
| Multi Plugin Installer | arbitrary file viewing | 1.0.0 / 1.1.0 |
| Mypixs | local file inclusion (LFI) | 0.3 |
| Newsletters Lite | PHP object injection | 4.0 / 4.6.8.5 |
| Nmedia User File Uploader | arbitrary file upload | 1.8 |
| Nofollow All External Links | spam injection | 2.1.0 / 2.3.0 |
| Open Flash Chart Core WordPress Plugin | 0.2 / 0.4 | |
| Option Seo | remote code execution (RCE) | 1.5 |
| Page Google Maps | remote code execution (RCE) | 1.4 |
| Party Hall Booking Management System | SQL injection | 1.0 / 1.1 |
| Paypal Currency Converter Basic For Woocommerce | arbitrary file viewing | 1.0 / 1.3 |
| Php Analytics | arbitrary file upload | n/a |
| Php Event Calendar | arbitrary file upload | 1.5.8 / 1.6 |
| Pica Photo Gallery | arbitrary file viewing | 1.0 |
| Pitchprint | arbitrary file upload | 7.1 / 7.1.1 |
| Plugin Newsletter | arbitrary file viewing | 1.3 / 1.5 |
| Post Grid | file deletion | 2.0.6 / 2.0.12 |
| Posts In Page | authenticated local file inclusion (LFI) | 1.0.0 / 1.2.4 |
| Pretty Link | authenticated short link creation | 2.0.0 / 2.1.2 |
| Really Simple Guest Post | local file inclusion (LFI) | 1.0.1 / 1.0.6 |
| Recent Backups | arbitrary file viewing | 0.1 / 0.7 |
| Reflex Gallery | arbitrary file upload | 1.0 / 3.0 |
| Resume Submissions Job Postings | arbitrary file upload | 2.0 / 2.5.3 |
| Return To Top | remote code execution (RCE) | 1.8 / 5.0 |
| Revslider | arbitrary file viewing | 1.0 / 4.1.4 |
| S3bubble Amazon S3 Html 5 Video With Adverts | arbitrary file viewing | 0.5 / 0.7 |
| Sam Pro Free | local file inclusion (LFI) | 1.4.1.23 / 1.9.6.67 |
| Se Html5 Album Audio Player | arbitrary file viewing | 1.0.8 / 1.1.0 |
| Sell Downloads | arbitrary file viewing | 1.0.1 |
| Seo Keyword Page | remote code execution (RCE) | 2.0.5 |
| Seo Spy Google WordPress Plugin | arbitrary file upload | 2.0 / 2.6 |
| Seo Watcher | arbitrary file upload | 1.3.2 / 1.3.3 |
| Sexy Contact Form | arbitrary file upload | 0.9.1 / 0.9.8 |
| Sfwd Lms | arbitrary file upload | 1.3.6 / 2.5.3 |
| Share Buttons Wp | remote code execution (RCE) | 1.0 |
| Sharexy | restricted file upload | 4.0 / 4.2.2 |
| Shortcodes Ultimate | authenticated remote code execution (RCE) | 4.5.0 / 5.0.0 |
| Showbiz | arbitrary file viewing | 1.0 / 1.5.2 |
| Simple Ads Manager | information disclosure | 2.0.73 / 2.7.101 |
| Simple Download Button Shortcode | arbitrary file viewing | 1.0 |
| Simple Dropbox Upload Form | arbitrary file upload | 1.8.6 / 1.8.8 |
| Simple Image Manipulator | arbitrary file viewing | 1.0 |
| Simplr Registration Form | privilege escalation | 2.2.0 / 2.4.3 |
| Site Editor | local file inclusion (LFI) | 1.0.0 / 1.1.1 |
| Site Import | remote page inclusion | 1.0.0 / 1.2.0 |
| Slide Show Pro | arbitrary file upload | 2.0 / 2.4 |
| Smart Google Code Inserter | persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) | 1.0 / 3.4 |
| Smart Slide Show | arbitrary file upload | 2.0 / 2.4 |
| Smart Videos | remote code execution (RCE) | 1.0 |
| Social Networking E Commerce 1 | arbitrary file upload | 0.0.32 |
| Social Sharing | possible arbitrary file upload | 1.0 |
| Social Sticky Animated | remote code execution (RCE) | 1.0 |
| Spamtask | arbitrary file upload | 1.3 / 1.3.6 |
| Spicy Blogroll | local file inclusion (LFI) | 0.1 / 1.0.0 |
| Spotlightyour | arbitrary file upload | 1.0 / 4.5 |
| Stats Counter | PHP object injection | 1.0 / 1.2.2.5 |
| Stats Wp | remote code execution (RCE) | 1.8 |
| Store Locator Le | unrestricted email sending | 2.6 / 4.2.56 |
| Table Maker | PHP object injection through SQL injection | 1.4 / 1.6 |
| Taxonomy Terms Order | authenticated PHP object injection | 1.2.4 / 1.5.2.2 |
| Tera Charts | reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) | 0.1 / 1.0 |
| The Viddler WordPress Plugin | cross-site request forgery (CSRF)/cross-site scripting (XSS) | 1.2.3 / 2.0.0 |
| Thecartpress | local file inclusion (LFI) | 1.1.0 / 1.1.5 |
| Tinymce Thumbnail Gallery | arbitrary file viewing | v1.0.4 / v1.0.7 |
| Ultimate Member | arbitrary file upload | 2.0.4 / 2.0.21 |
| Ultimate Product Catalogue | arbitrary file upload | 1.0 / 3.1.1 |
| Ungallery | arbitrary file viewing | 0.8 / 1.5.8 |
| User Files | arbitrary file upload | 2.0 / 2.4.2 |
| User Role Editor | privilege escalation | 4.19 / 4.24 |
| Web Tripwire | arbitrary file upload | 0.1.2 |
| Webapp Builder | arbitrary file upload | 2.0 |
| Website Contact Form With File Upload | arbitrary file upload | 1.1 / 1.3.4 |
| Weever Apps 20 Mobile Web Apps | arbitrary file upload | 3.0.25 / 3.1.6 |
| Woocommerce Catalog Enquiry | arbitrary file upload | 2.3.3 / 3.0.0 |
| Woocommerce Product Addon | arbitrary file upload | 1.0 / 1.1 |
| Woocommerce Products Filter | authenticated persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) | 1.1.4 / 1.1.4.2 |
| Woopra | arbitrary file upload | 1.4.1 / 1.4.3.1 |
| WordPress File Monitor | persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) | 2.0 / 2.3.3 |
| Work The Flow File Upload | arbitrary file upload | 0.1.6 / 2.5.2 |
| Wp Appointment Schedule Booking System | persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) | 1.0 |
| Wp Business Intelligence Lite | arbitrary file upload | 1.0 / 1.0.7 |
| Wp Crm | arbitrary file upload | 0.15 / 0.31.0 |
| Wp Custom Page | arbitrary file viewing | 0.5 / 0.5.0.1 |
| Wp Dreamworkgallery | arbitrary file upload | 2.0 / 2.3 |
| Wp Easybooking | reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) | 1.0.0 / 1.0.3 |
| Wp Easycart | authenticated arbitrary file upload | 1.1.27 / 3.0.8 |
| Wp Ecommerce Shop Styling | authenticated arbitrary file viewing | 1.0 / 2.5 |
| Wp Editor | authenticated arbitrary file upload | 1.0.2 / 1.2.5.3 |
| Wp Filemanager | arbitrary file viewing | 1.2.8 / 1.3.0 |
| Wp Flipslideshow | persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) | 2.0 / 2.2 |
| Wp Front End Repository | arbitrary file upload | 1.0.0 / 1.1 |
| Wp Google Drive | arbitrary file deletion | 2.0 / 2.2 |
| Wp Handy Lightbox | remote code execution (RCE) | 1.4.5 |
| Wp Homepage Slideshow | arbitrary file upload | 2.0 / 2.3 |
| Wp Image News Slider | arbitrary file upload | 3.0 / 3.5 |
| Wp Js External Link Info | open redirect (after interstitial) | 1.0 / 1.21 |
| Wp Levoslideshow | arbitrary file upload | 2.0 / 2.3 |
| Wp Miniaudioplayer | arbitrary file viewing | 0.5 / 1.2.7 |
| Wp Mobile Detector | authenticated persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) | 3.0 / 3.2 |
| Wp Mon | arbitrary file viewing | 0.5 / 0.5.1 |
| Wp Noexternallinks | spam injection | 4.2.0 / 4.2.2 |
| Wp Online Store | arbitrary file viewing | 1.2.5 / 1.3.1 |
| Wp Piwik | persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) | 0.10.0.1 / 1.0.10 |
| Wp Popup | remote code execution (RCE) | 2.0.0 / 2.1 |
| Wp Post Frontend | arbitrary file upload | 1.0 |
| Wp Property | arbitrary file upload | 1.20.0 / 1.35.0 |
| Wp Quick Booking Manager | persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) | 1.0 / 1.1 |
| Wp Royal Gallery | persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) | 2.0 / 2.3 |
| Wp Seo Spy Google | arbitrary file upload | 3.0 / 3.1 |
| Wp Simple Cart | arbitrary file upload | 0.9.0 / 1.0.15 |
| Wp Slimstat Ex | arbitrary file upload | 2.1 / 2.1.2 |
| Wp Superb Slideshow | arbitrary file upload | 2.0 / 2.4 |
| Wp Support Plus Responsive Ticket System | arbitrary file viewing | 1.0 / 4.1 |
| Wp Swimteam | arbitrary file viewing | 1 / 1.44.1077 |
| Wp Symposium | arbitrary file upload | 13.04 / 14.11 |
| Wp Vertical Gallery | arbitrary file upload | 2.0 / 2.3 |
| Wp Yasslideshow | arbitrary file upload | 3.0 / 3.4 |
| Wp2android Turn Wp Site Into Android App | arbitrary file upload | 1.1.4 |
| Wpeasystats | local file inclusion (LFI) | 1.8 |
| Wpmarketplace | arbitrary file viewing | 2.2.0 / 2.4.0 |
| Wpshop | arbitrary file upload | 1.3.1.6 / 1.3.9.5 |
| Wpstorecart | arbitrary file upload | 2.0.0 / 2.5.29 |
| Wptf Image Gallery | arbitrary file viewing | 1.0.1 / 1.0.3 |
| Wsecure | remote code execution (RCE) | 2.3 |
| Wysija Newsletters | arbitrary file upload | 1.1 / 2.6.7 |
| Xdata Toolkit | arbitrary file upload | 1.6 / 1.9 |
| Zen Mobile App Native | arbitrary file upload | 3.0 |
| Zingiri Web Shop | arbitrary file upload | 2.3.6 / 2.4.3 |
| Zip Attachments | arbitrary file viewing | 1.0 / 1.4 |
The list of latest dangerous and vulnerable WordPress plugins is compiled from various sources including:
- FirstSiteGuide.com
- WPScan Vulnerability Database
- Offensive Security’s Exploit Database Archive
- Vapid Labs
- CVE Details
- Plugin Vulnerabilities
Check your site now and act if you have any of the listed plugin installed. Good luck, be careful and always keep a backup of your site.
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I am a lecturer in the Interactive Media Department, Faculty of Information and Communication Technology and currently on study leave doing a PhD research study. My research relates to the performance model using analytic data. I am also interested in technopreneur, research and innovation activities in multidisciplinary fields.