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WordPress security problems in week 36 of 2026

New security problems in WordPress plugins, themes and WordPress itself, first reported from 31 August to 6 September 2026, in plain words.

Updated

In short

That week: 294 new problems in 202 plugins and themes; none are being attacked as far as we know.

Based on public reports. Check each plugin’s or theme’s changelog. Watchfox AI may be wrong.

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Other new problems

LiteSpeed Cache plugin

  • This week A stranger could make your server visit other addresses on their behalf. Fixed in version 7.9.1.

WooCommerce plugin

  • This week Someone with a shop manager account on your site could read or change the data in your site’s database. Fixed in version 11.0.

Rank Math SEO plugin

  • This week Someone with an author account on your site could do things on your site they should not be allowed to. Fixed in version 1.0.277.
  • This week Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to. Fixed in version 1.0.277.
  • This week A stranger could use it to harm your site. Fixed in version 1.0.277.
  • This week Someone with an author account on your site could use it to harm your site. Fixed in version 1.0.277.
  • This week Someone with an author account on your site could do things on your site they should not be allowed to. Fixed in version 1.0.277.
  • This week A stranger could use it to harm your site. Fixed in version 1.0.277.1.

Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics plugin

  • This week Someone who already has an admin account could in some setups, take over your site. Fixed in version 16.1.3.
  • This week Someone who already has an admin account could in some setups, take over your site. Fixed in version 16.1.3.
  • This week Someone who already has an admin account could in some setups, take over your site. Fixed in version 16.1.3.
  • This week Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins. Fixed in version 16.1.3.
  • This week Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to. Fixed in version 16.1.3.

Really Simple Security plugin

  • This week A stranger could take over your site as an admin. Fixed in version 9.8.1.
  • This week A stranger could slow down or crash your site. Fixed in version 9.8.1.
  • This week Someone could run their own code on your site and take it over. Fixed in version 9.8.0.

All in One SEO plugin

  • This week Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins. Fixed in version 5.0.0.1.

EWWW Image Optimizer plugin

  • This week A stranger could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins. Fixed in version 8.7.7.

WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging plugin

  • This week Someone who already has an admin account could read or delete private files on your server. Fixed in version 0.9.134.
  • This week Someone who already has an admin account could run their own code on your site and take it over. Fixed in version 0.9.134.
  • This week Someone who already has an admin account could read or change the data in your site’s database. Fixed in version 0.9.133.

W3 Total Cache plugin

  • This week A stranger could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins. Fixed in version 2.10.6.

Flamingo plugin

  • This week Someone with a contributor account on your site could do things on your site they should not be allowed to. Fixed in version 2.6.3.

Breadcrumb NavXT plugin

  • This week A stranger could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins. Fixed in version 7.5.2.

The Events Calendar plugin

  • This week Someone with a contributor account on your site could use it to harm your site. Fixed in version 6.17.3.1.

Under Construction plugin

  • This week A stranger could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins. Fixed in version 5.83.

WP Statistics plugin

  • This week A stranger could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins. Fixed in version 14.16.12.

Ninja Forms – Contact Form Builder with Calculators, Quizzes, Signatures & AI Form Builder plugin

  • This week A stranger could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins. Fixed in version 3.15.2.
  • This week A stranger could use it to harm your site. Fixed in version 3.15.2.
  • This week Someone could use it to harm your site. Fixed in version 3.15.2.

SureForms – Contact Form Builder, AI Forms, Payment Form, Survey & Quiz plugin

  • This week A stranger could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins. Fixed in version 2.12.3.
  • This week A stranger could use it to harm your site. Fixed in version 2.12.6.

Broken Link Checker plugin

  • This week Someone with an editor account on your site could make your server visit other addresses on their behalf. Fixed in version 2.4.14.1.
  • This week A stranger could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins. Fixed in version 2.4.13.1.

Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer plugin

  • This week Someone with an editor account on your site could read or change the data in your site’s database. Fixed in version 6.3.0.
  • This week Someone could use it to harm your site. Fixed in version 6.3.0.

Blocksy Companion plugin

  • This week Someone with an author account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins. Fixed in version 2.1.52.

SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO plugin

  • This week Someone with a contributor account on your site could make your server visit other addresses on their behalf. Fixed in version 10.2.

Otter Blocks plugin

  • This week A stranger could do things on your site they should not be allowed to. Fixed in version 3.1.8.

Unlimited Elements for Elementor plugin

  • This week Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins. Fixed in version 2.0.18.
  • This week Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to. Fixed in version 2.0.18.

WP Go Maps plugin

  • This week A stranger could slow down or crash your site. Fixed in version 10.1.09.

Redirection for Contact Form 7 plugin

  • This week A stranger could use it to harm your site. Fixed in version 3.2.11.

Social Chat – Click To Chat App Button plugin

  • This week Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins. Fixed in version 8.6.3.

And 177 more products with new problems. Search for yours on the full list. All plugins and themes

What to do

  1. Check whether your site uses any of the plugins or themes on this page.
  2. If it does, update them to the fixed version or newer. Start with the ones marked Today.
  3. If there is no fixed version yet, think about turning the plugin off or replacing it until a fix comes out.
  4. Not sure which versions you have? Watchfox AI checks them every day and emails you only when something needs fixing.

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