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josh
March 28, 2024
A few days ago, I posted on LinkedIn the significance of having security measures in place on your WordPress website.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-secure-your-wordpress-website-joshua-de-hek-ika9e/
Yesterday (27-03-2024), we received an email from Patchstack, who discovered vulnerabilities within the Elementor plugin.
See the link below (27-03-2024)
WordPress Elementor plugin <= 3.20.2 – Auth. Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability found in version(s) <= 3.20.2.
Elementor instantly reacted with an update. Thanks to their collaboration with Patchstack they were already aware of this vulnerability and acted swiftly.
However, because we had installed the WP Solid Pro and the Patchstack plugin on all our WordPress websites when a vulnerability was detected such as the Elementor plugin it was automatically updated across all our WordPress websites. Thanks to this quick action, the threat was averted and the patch was applied instantly.
“If you don’t have any of these plugins you may need to update vulnerabilities manually. “
These are the settings in WP Solid Pro that turn on these features:
Go to WordPress and then Security -> Settings -> and then Features. Click on the tab site check and then version management. Now make sure the toggle WordPress updates is on and also Auto-update if fixes the vulnerability and then save. You now have automatic plugin updates when it notices a viable threat.
All of this happened without any our customers even realising! However it was a real threat and it was swiftly taken care of thanks to WP Solid Pro security, Patchstack and Elementor.
Be safe!
Regards,
Joshua de Hek
Front-end web developer & WordPress security advisor
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