4 ms·
Was security a huge problem in Wordpress ? I work in the tech industry too, but never came across security as an issue. Or is it about the plugins bringing in t
by codegladiator 9y ago
Was security a huge problem in Wordpress ? I work in the tech industry too, but never came across security as an issue. Or is it about the plugins bringing in the unreliability ?
- dagw 9y agoI haven't looked at Wordpress in years, but it used to have a terrible reputation when it came to security. Hopefully they've improved.
- cddotdotslash 9y agoPlugins. The plugins are a never ending stream of XSS, SQLi, and other vulnerabilities. I used to intern on a web security team at Mozilla that hunted down these kinds of things and the entire experience revealed how easy it was to compromise your entire site because of a single plugin. During my six months there, I think I discovered 30+ plugins with issues. Most developers were responsive but some ignored us and the issues were never fixed.
- m_t 9y agoEvent without plugins, when your self host your wordpress you'd have to keep up with the updates. Only having to send a bunch of static files makes it really easy.
- gnode 9y agoI've personally never used Wordpress, but when I look at my server logs, there are always loads of requests from bots trying to attack Wordpress vulnerabilities in particular.