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  • Is WordPress XMLRPC a security problem?

    What is WordPress XMLRPC? WordPress XMLRPC allows other websites and software to interact with your WordPress website. Also known as an API. Some examples include creating new posts, adding comments, deleting pages and probably most commonly used in WordPress, pingbacks. As the name suggests, XMLRPC works by sending and receiving XML data. In WordPress, the…

  • WPScan authorized as a CVE Numbering Authority by the CVE Program

    Bayonne, France, January 12th 2021, WordPress security company, WPScan, has announced that it has been named a Common Vulnerability and Exposures Numbering Authority authorized by the CVE Program to assign CVE IDs to vulnerabilities in WordPress. With 75 million users, WordPress is the most popular content management platform in the world and powers 39.6% of all websites,…

  • WordPress Security Roundup November 2020

    It’s that time of year again where we donate 2% of our profits to a charity that positively impacts climate change, and this year we chose Sea Shepherd France again. We do this every year as part of our Hack the Planet pledge. We launched several new versions of our WPScan WordPress security plugin, which now contains additional…