# WordPress security incidents · pwn.watch

> Security incidents affecting WordPress core, plugins and WordPress hosting.

Page: https://pwn.watch/t/wordpress · generated 2026-10-22T18:10:31.291Z

## Status (as of 2026-10-22)
- Incidents: 6 (0 live, 0 live and not fully patched, 5 patched)
- Days without a WordPress security incident: 2
- Newest incident started: 2026-10-18

## Feeds
- JSON (incidents + changes + posts): https://pwn.watch/t/wordpress.json
- RSS (one item per incident, bumped on each update): https://pwn.watch/t/wordpress/feed.xml
- This file: https://pwn.watch/t/wordpress/llms.txt
- Whole site: https://pwn.watch/llms.txt · all tags: https://pwn.watch/tags.json

## Incidents (newest first by start date)
- [TeamUpdraft / UpdraftCentral keys stolen; WordPress sites backdoored](https://pwn.watch/i/updraftcentral-keys-wordpress-backdoor) ([json](https://pwn.watch/i/updraftcentral-keys-wordpress-backdoor.json)): high, closed, partial, started 2026-10-18
- [Rank Math PRO WordPress plugin download backdoored](https://pwn.watch/i/rank-math-pro-wordpress-backdoor) ([json](https://pwn.watch/i/rank-math-pro-wordpress-backdoor.json)): critical, closed, patched, started 2026-10-15
- [WordPress Core: WordPress Core Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability](https://pwn.watch/i/wordpress-core-cve-2026-87902) ([json](https://pwn.watch/i/wordpress-core-cve-2026-87902.json)): high, closed, patched, started 2026-09-25, CVE-2026-87902
- [WordPress Core: WordPress Core SQL Injection Vulnerability](https://pwn.watch/i/wordpress-core-cve-2026-60137) ([json](https://pwn.watch/i/wordpress-core-cve-2026-60137.json)): high, closed, patched, started 2026-07-21, CVE-2026-60137, CVE-2026-63030
- [WebPros cPanel & WHM and WP2 (WordPress Squared): WebPros cPanel & WHM and WP2 (WordPress Squared) Missing Authentication for Critical Function Vulnerability](https://pwn.watch/i/webpros-cpanel-whm-and-wp2-wordpress-squared-cve-2026-41940) ([json](https://pwn.watch/i/webpros-cpanel-whm-and-wp2-wordpress-squared-cve-2026-41940.json)): high, closed, patched, started 2026-04-30, CVE-2026-41940
- [LiteSpeed Cache WordPress plugin: unauthenticated admin takeover (CVE-2024-28000)](https://pwn.watch/i/litespeed-cache-privilege-escalation-cve-2024-28000) ([json](https://pwn.watch/i/litespeed-cache-privilege-escalation-cve-2024-28000.json)): critical, closed, patched, started 2024-08-13, CVE-2024-28000