{"id":3553,"date":"2015-04-20T19:02:11","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T19:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2015\/04\/20\/wp-xss-plugin-vulnerability\/"},"modified":"2020-10-13T12:51:08","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T16:51:08","slug":"wp-xss-plugin-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/wp-xss-plugin-vulnerability\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Plugin XSS Vulnerability"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"table table-striped table-bordered\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Issue:<\/th>\n<td>A serious XSS security vulnerability was discovered and disclosed this morning that affects hundreds of WordPress plugins, which in turn affects millions of websites.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Status:<\/th>\n<td>Anyone who manages or maintains a WordPress site is strongly urged to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/plugins\/update-wordpress-plugin\/\">update ALL plugins<\/a> immediately.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Who is impacted?<\/h2>\n<p>People running WordPress websites with the following plugins:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jetpack<\/li>\n<li>WordPress SEO<\/li>\n<li>Google Analytics by Yoast<\/li>\n<li>All In one SEO<\/li>\n<li>Gravity Forms<\/li>\n<li>Multiple Plugins from Easy Digital Downloads<\/li>\n<li>UpdraftPlus<\/li>\n<li>WP-E-Commerce<\/li>\n<li>WPTouch<\/li>\n<li>Download Monitor<\/li>\n<li>Related Posts for WordPress<\/li>\n<li>My Calendar<\/li>\n<li>P3 Profiler<\/li>\n<li>Give<\/li>\n<li>Multiple iThemes products including Builder and Exchange<\/li>\n<li>Broken-Link-Checker<\/li>\n<li>Ninja Forms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At this time, patches\/updates should be released for all the above plugins. 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