Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (October 12, 2026 to October 18, 2026)

Reported by Wordfence (Chloe Chamberland)

Summary by Cyber Security News23 Oct 2026, 23:07 CET

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Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (October 12, 2026 to October 18, 2026) — Image: Wordfence

Last week, there were 497 vulnerabilities disclosed in 327 WordPress Plugins and 23 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 218 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities in this report now to ensure your site is not affected.

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