Patchstack Weekly security update for December the 23rd, 2021

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Podcast Episode #3
Patchstack Weekly: WordPress Vulnerabilities & Code Stewardship

Hi Coffigniez​, it's another week of Patchstack Weekly update. Now you can also find Patchstack Weekly from Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1LsZ2aGUmw8ule2BHZHb0r?si=4b2b6ee22a1448cd) .

Patchstack Weekly is hosted and written by Robert from the Patchstack team.

It will give you weekly important information about vulnerabilities and also a little extra - something new to learn.
Shortcode Addons

Vulnerability: Unauthenticated Arbitrary Option Update
Fixed in version: Plugin does not exist, is not supported, or discontinued.
Number of sites affected: N/A
CVSS 3.0 score: 7.2 (High - Can be exploited remotely without any authentication.)
Tabs

Vulnerability: Unauthenticated Arbitrary Option Update
Fixed in version: Plugin does not exist, is not supported, or discontinued.
Number of sites affected: N/A
CVSS 3.0 score: 9.8 (Critical - Can be exploited remotely without any authentication.)
Crisp Live Chat

Vulnerability: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Fixed in version: 0.32
Number of sites affected: 30,000+
CVSS 3.0 score: 8.8 (High)
If you are using any of the mentioned plugins, you need to update it to the latest version as soon as possible. Websites with Patchstack installed are protected from the security issues mentioned below.

You can find all the vulnerabilities from our vulnerability database (https://patchstack.com/database/) .
Weekly knowledge about Code Stewardship

In this week's session, Robert will share the inside knowledge on what happens when WordPress plugin or theme developers choose to ignore security reports. 👇
Read & Listen The Episode (https://patchstack.com/articles/patchstack-weekly-week-51-wordpress-vulnerabilities-and-code-stewardship/)
Always keep your plugins updated. If possible, enable automatic updates. You can enable automatic updates with Patchstack here (https://app.patchstack.com/components/updates) .

If you are not protecting your WordPress site against plugin vulnerabilities yet go and start for free here (https://app.patchstack.com/register) .

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