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WordPress security problems in week 37 of 2026

New security problems in WordPress plugins, themes and WordPress itself, first reported from 7 September to 13 September 2026, in plain words.

Updated

In short

That week: 264 new problems in 207 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

WooCommerce plugin

  • This week A stranger could slow down or crash your site. Fixed in version 11.1.0.

Site Kit by Google plugin

  • This week Someone could trick a logged-in admin into changing settings without knowing. Fixed in version 1.187.0.

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

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

Starter Templates plugin

  • This week Someone with a contributor account on your site could use it to harm your site. Fixed in version 4.7.6.

Redux Framework plugin

  • This week Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins. Fixed in version 4.5.14.

Translate WordPress with GTranslate plugin

  • This week Someone who already has an admin account could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins. Fixed in version 3.0.10.

The Events Calendar plugin

  • This week A stranger could run their own code on your site and take it over. Fixed in version 6.17.4.1.
  • This week A stranger could run their own code on your site and take it over. Fixed in version 6.17.3.1.

Royal Addons for Elementor plugin

  • This week A stranger could see private information they should not see. Fixed in version 1.7.1067.

MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, Conditional Forms, Form Templates & Custom Form Builder for Elementor plugin

  • This week A stranger could use it to harm your site. Fixed in version 4.1.9.

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

  • This week Someone who already has an admin account could in some setups, take over your site. Fixed in version 3.14.7.

Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer plugin

  • This week A stranger could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins. Fixed in version 6.2.1.
  • This week A stranger could use it to harm your site. Fixed in version 6.3.0.
  • This week A stranger could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins. Fixed in version 6.3.0.

BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin plugin

  • This week Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to. Fixed in version 5.7.5.

YITH WooCommerce Wishlist plugin

  • This week Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to. Fixed in version 4.18.1.

SureRank SEO plugin

  • This week A stranger could use it to harm your site. Fixed in version 1.10.1.

Floating Chat Widget plugin

  • This week Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins. Fixed in version 3.6.0.

Unlimited Elements for Elementor plugin

  • This week Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins. Fixed in version 2.0.17.
  • This week A stranger could read or change the data in your site’s database. Fixed in version 2.0.17.
  • This week A stranger could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins. Fixed in version 2.0.18.

Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile plugin

  • This week A stranger could use it to harm your site. Fixed in version 1.42.3.
  • This week A stranger could use it to harm your site. Fixed in version 1.42.3.
  • This week Someone could use it to harm your site. Fixed in version 1.42.3.

Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk plugin

  • This week A stranger could use it to harm your site. Fixed in version 6.87.

Aruba HiSpeed Cache 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 3.0.15.

Orbit Fox 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 3.0.9.

Relevanssi – A Better Search plugin

  • This week Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins. Fixed in version 4.28.2.

Payment Plugins for Stripe WooCommerce plugin

  • This week A stranger could use it to harm your site. Fixed in version 4.0.12.

Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall plugin

  • This week A stranger could make your server visit other addresses on their behalf. Fixed in version 7.0.10.

Beaver Builder Page Builder plugin

  • This week A stranger could use it to harm your site. Fixed in version 2.10.3.2.

And 182 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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