WordPress is the technology powering 43.2% of websites on the web in 2021, this is up from 39.5% at the end of 2020.
The threat is not with WordPress itself, but the wide range of third-party plugins that are used by WordPress users.
While WordPress is constantly updating its core, improved security does not extend to its plugins.
WordPress websites are a top target for hackers because of their massive user base. BuiltWith tracks over 30 million websites live WordPress sites (data from March 2022).
A 3rd party security company Patchstacks, identified over 50 themes that had security issues in their file upload functionalities throughout 2021.
50% of WordPress plugin vulnerabilities were XSS
Detection:
Component detection
Identify vulnerabilities
Real-time threat alerts
Actionable security suggestions
Prevention:
Automatic virtual patching
0-day protection (OWASP Top 10)
Brute-Force protection
Set up custom firewall rules
Prevention:
Automatic virtual patching
0-day protection (OWASP Top 10)
Brute-Force protection
Set up custom firewall rules
Prevention:
Automatic virtual patching
0-day protection (OWASP Top 10)
Brute-Force protection
Set up custom firewall rules
