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Priority
Disclosed
JoomSport<= 5.7.7
SQL Injection vulnerability
9.3
29/04/2026
Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload – Contact Form 7<= 1.3.9.6
Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via Non-ASCII Filename Blacklist Bypass vulnerability
8.1
20/04/2026
WP Statistics<= 14.16.4
Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'utm_source' Parameter vulnerability
7.1
17/04/2026
Everest Forms<= 3.4.3
Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection via Form Entry Metadata vulnerability
9.8
08/04/2026
Smart Slider 3 PRO3.5.1.35
Backdoor vulnerability
10
08/04/2026

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General WordPress security vulnerability statistics powered by the Patchstack Vulnerability Database.

Vulnerabilities disclosed via Patchstack

4,352By Patchstack Alliance
1,593By other sources

Most common security vulnerabilities

How to patch common vulnerabilities
  • #1Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
    53.36%
  • #2Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
    16.85%
  • #3Broken Access Control
    12.95%
  • #4Other vulnerabilities
    8.85%
  • #5SQL Injection
    4.46%
  • #6Sensitive Data Exposure
    2.00%
  • #7Arbitrary File Upload
    1.53%
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Patch status of published vulnerabilities

Not patched
#1,50925%
Patched
#4,43675%

Breakdown by software type

Plugin
#5,75397%
Theme
#1793%
Core
#130%

Breakdown by patch priority

High (Resolve immediately)
#83014%
Medium (Resolve in 14 days)
#2,05735%
Low (Resolve in 30 days)
#3,05851%

Breakdown by CVSS severity

Critical (9.0-10.0)
#1893%
High (7.0-8.9)
#2,36440%
Medium (4.0-6.9)
#3,35856%
Low (0.1-3.9)
#341%

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