Keep everything updated: Ensure that WordPress core, plugins and themes are always updated. Updates often contain security patches for vulnerabilities, and therefore it is critical to update as soon as possible. However, we know that applying updates is not always straightforward. To minimise risk,...
Types of WordPress Vulnerabilities There are numerous types of vulnerabilities. While some are simple to recognize, others make it difficult to notice until your site completely shuts down. Cross-site Scripting Become the most common and difficult vulnerability found on WordPress sites Allow unwanted ...
WordPress Core Vulnerabilities WordPress 6.0“Arturo” was released on May 24, 2022. This major version release of WordPress was “built to help you unlock your creative aspirations and make your site-building experience more intuitive,” including almost 1,000 enhancements and bug fixes. See what...
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4. Vulnerabilities in Third Party Themes and Plugins Themes and plugins are a huge part of the WordPress experience. However, they’re also the biggest security risk facing your website. Patchstack found that around 96 percent of all vulnerabilities originate from third-party code. As part of ...
All the vulnerabilities you find in this article have received a vPatch to the Patchstack security module. It means that if you use Patchstack, your site is safe from these vulnerabilities, but it's always strongly advised toupdate or delete vulnerable plugins from your site. ...
Usually, plugins or hosting providers are blamed for any hacking. In fact, in a WordPress vulnerability report, it was found that plugins are responsible for 93% of WordPress vulnerabilities. However, the actual issue is plugin updates. So it mostly depends on the plugin usage. Hacking mainly ...
There is still one flaw in this open-source environment. Hackers can inject malware into plugins and themes, especially common and outdated plugins and themes in particular. 17% of WordPress vulnerabilities are made up of plugins and 3% from themes. ...
1% WordPress 95% Plugins 4% Themes New Vulnerabilities This Month 1,569 Vulnerabilities Added in April API Calls This Month 38,480,336 API Calls in April Vulnerabilities by Year