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Vulnerabilities disclosed via Patchstack

141By Patchstack Alliance

361By other sources

Most common security vulnerabilities

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#1Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
33.86%
#2Broken Access Control
26.49%
#3Other vulnerabilities
17.13%
#4Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
6.18%
#5Sensitive Data Exposure
6.18%
#6SQL Injection
5.58%
#7Arbitrary File Upload
4.58%
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Fixed status of published vulnerabilities

Not fixed

#18938%

Fixed

#31362%

Breakdown by software type

Plugin

#49298%

Theme

#102%

Core

#00%

Breakdown by patch priority

High (Resolve immediately)

#6313%

Medium (Resolve in 14 days)

#6314%

Low (Resolve in 30 days)

#6373%

Breakdown by CVSS severity

Critical (9.0-10.0)

#469%

High (7.0-8.9)

#10922%

Medium (4.0-6.9)

#34569%

Low (0.1-3.9)

#20%

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