WordPress is an extremely popular platform for producing web content – so threat actors are constantly probing it looking for gaps in the security. The popular plug-ins also make great targets because if their security fails the potential victims can number in the many thousands. Or millions. WordPress Elementor plugin …
WordPress plugin vulnerability
A vulnerable WordPress plugin is in the news. The Advanced Custom Fields plugin needs to be updated or your site is vulnerable: WordPress plugin flaw puts ‘millions of websites’ at risk • The Register If you use this get it updated now. Do you know if your website uses this …
WordPress vulnerabilities and you
Over the last two weeks we have had two WordPress jobs. One came about when our sysadmin discovered, during a routine system check, that a client’s site was using several insecure plugins. She contacted the client and their web designer and a disaster was averted – that web designer has …
Do you use a WordPress Gift Card Plug-in? If so it s back to work for you!
Here is a flaw in the YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards Premium plug-in which needs fixing: Hackers exploit bug in WordPress gift card plugin with 50K installs (bleepingcomputer.com) Get it fixed – if that means waking up your web designers to check if they have already fixed it, then do it. …
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WordPress websites are easy hanging fruit for hackers – is yours?
I have just published the second part of a series of articles looking at the governance that business owners and boards should exercise over software, websites and their reputation:
