What is WordPress XMLRPC?

WordPress XMLRPC allows other websites and software to interact with your WordPress website. Also known as an API. Some examples include creating new posts, adding comments, deleting pages and probably most commonly used in WordPress, pingbacks.

As the name suggests, XMLRPC works by sending and receiving XML data. In WordPress, the file responsible for XMLRPC is called xmlrpc.php. This is the file that will receive XML data, process it and return the response, also in XML.

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API Subscription Plan Changes

We are making important changes to our subscription plans that we think you should know about.

From February 1st we will be making the following changes to the WPScan WordPress Vulnerability Database subscription plans:

• Free plan: Lowering the API calls from 50 to 25.
• Starter plan: Increasing the API calls from 50 to 75.
• Professional plan: Increasing the API calls from 250 to 300.

We will not be changing any of our subscription plan pricing, we are only making changes to the number of API calls each plan can make.

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Bayonne, France, January 12th 2021, WordPress security company, WPScan, has announced that it has been named a Common Vulnerability and Exposures Numbering Authority authorized by the CVE Program to assign CVE IDs to vulnerabilities in Wordpress.

With 75 million users, WordPress is the most popular content management platform in the world and powers 39.6% of all websites, including the New York Times, Forbes, The White House and CNN. WordPress online retail platform, WooCommerce, is used by 27% of the ecommerce market.

Because it is the most popular CMS platform, WordPress also attracts the attention of cyber criminals. To help keep a third of the world’s websites protected against hackers, botnet operators and malware merchants, an international army of enthusiasts and cyber security experts constantly check for vulnerabilities that could be exploited. New vulnerabilities are assigned an identification number and added to the Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) List, which is overseen by CVE Numbering Authorities (CNAs).

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It’s that time of year again where we donate 2% of our profits to a charity that positively impacts climate change, and this year we chose Sea Shepherd France again. We do this every year as part of our Hack the Planet pledge.

We launched several new versions of our WPScan WordPress security plugin, which now contains additional security checks, rather than just the API checks. This included the following checks:

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WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

• BuddyPress < 6.4.0 – Lack of Capability Check on Profile Page
• WP Google Map Plugin <= 4.1.3 – Authenticated SQL Injection
• WPJobBoard < 5.7.0 – Unauthenticated SQL Injection
• WPJobBoard < 5.7.0 – Unauthenticated Reflected XSS & XFS
• Media Library Assistant < 2.90 – Authenticated Blind SQL Injection
• Secure File Manager – Authenticated Remote Command Execution
• WooCommerce Anti-Fraud <= 3.2 – Unauthenticated Order Status Manipulation
• Anti-Spam by CleanTalk < 5.149 – Multiple Authenticated SQL Injections
• Weforms <= 1.4.7 – CSV Injection
• Easy Registration Forms <= 2.0.6 – CSV Injection
• Import and export users and customers < 1.16.3.6 – CSV Injection
• Contextual Related Posts < 2.9.4 – CSRF Nonce Validation Bypass
• Fancy Product Designer < 4.5.1 – Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
• [0day] AIT CSV Import / Export <= 3.0.3 – Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload
• BA Book Everything < 1.3.25 – Unauthenticated Reflected XSS & XFS
• Good LMS < 2.1.5 – Unauthenticated SQL Injection
• Ultimate Reviews < 2.1.33 – Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
• Ultimate Member < 2.1.12 – Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via User Meta
• Ultimate Member < 2.1.12 – Authenticated Privilege Escalation via Profile Update
• Ultimate Member < 2.1.12 – Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via User Roles
• Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce < 5.8.3 – Unauthenticated SQL Injection
• WooCommerce Blocks < 3.7.1 – Guest Account Creation
• WooCommerce < 4.6.2 – Guest Account Creation
• Welcart e-Commerce < 1.9.36 – Authenticated PHP Object Injection
• Augmented Reality <= 1.2.0 – Unauthenticated PHP File Upload leading to RCE
• GDPR CCPA Compliance Support < 2.4 – Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
• WP Activity Log < 4.1.5 – SQL Injection in External Database Module
• AccessPress Social Icons < 1.8.1 – Authenticated SQL Injection

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Here at WPScan we launched our brand new website, which we’re super happy with, and feedback so far has been overwhelmingly positive!

We released three new versions of our WPScan WordPress security scanner, adding the login-uri option to specify the wp-login.php file location.

We also released two new versions of our WordPress security plugin, implementing new features such as the ability to configure the scan time.

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WordPress 5.5.2 was released on October 30th 2020, reportedly fixing 10 security vulnerabilities. Below are the vulnerabilities that were mentioned in the release notes and that have been added to the WPScan WordPress Vulnerability Database so far, including one from our very own security researcher, Erwan.More

After several months work we have launched our brand new website for the WPScan WordPress Vulnerability Database:

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WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

• Slider by 10Web < 1.2.36 – Multiple Authenticated SQL Injection
• WP Courses < 2.0.29 – Broken Access Controls leading to Courses Content Disclosure
• Simple:Press < 6.6.1 – Broken Access Control leading to RCE
• XCloner Backup and Restore < 4.2.153 – Cross-Site Request Forgery
• XCloner Backup and Restore 4.2.1 – 4.2.12 – Unprotected AJAX Action
• Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload – Contact Form 7 < 1.3.5.5 – Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution
• Discount Rules for WooCommerce < 2.2.1 – Multiple Authorization Bypass
• MetaSlider < 3.17.2 – Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
• Multiple Plugins/Themes – Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
• Affiliate Manager < 2.7.8 – Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
• 10Web Social Post Feed < 1.1.27 – Authenticated SQL Injection
• Email Subscribers & Newsletters < 4.5.6 – Unauthenticated email forgery/spoofing
• Sticky Menu, Sticky Header (or anything!) on Scroll < 2.21 – CSRF & XSS
• LearnPress < 3.2.7.3 – CSRF & XSS
• Elementor Addon Elements < 1.6.4 – CSRF & XSS
• Cookiebot < 3.6.1 – CSRF & XSS
• Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster < 1.3.6.7 – CSRF & XSS
• All In One WP Security & Firewall < 4.4.4 – CSRF & XSS
• Absolutely Glamorous Custom Admin < 6.5.5 – CSRF & XSS
• Advanced Database Cleaner < 3.0.2 – Authenticated SQL injection
• ActiveCampaign < 8.0.2 – Cross-Site Request Forgery in Settings
• Constant Contact Forms < 1.8.8 – Multiple Authenticated Stored XSS
• NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster < 4.3.18 – Insufficient Privilege Validation
• File Manager < 6.9 – Arbitrary File Upload leading to RCE

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(We are not closing any of our other products or services, just the online WPScan.io SaaS!)

WPScan.io started life in 2015 when we contracted a Rails development company to create a SaaS web front end on top of our WPScan CLI tool. Unfortunately, at that time, we only had the budget to complete around 50% of the work, as we were still a community project making hardly any money.

The project sat in this half finished state for three years, until 2018, when we had a little bit more money to hire a freelance Rails developer.

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