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Are the developers really that talented? The only interesting news I see about WordPress is the latest vulnerability being exploited.
by sidewndr46 5y ago
Are the developers really that talented? The only interesting news I see about WordPress is the latest vulnerability being exploited.
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- jraph 5y agoWordPress is huge, it represents a big chunk of the web. I've read from a quarter to a third, or even more. It's a good target. Of course we are going to hear about security vulnerabilities more for WordPress than for any other CMS. There is nothing specific to WordPress about the issue this post relates IIUC apart from the fact it is a privileged target. And there's no news when everything is fine, which is most of the time.
- Tijdreiziger 5y agoYour estimate is low: it's actually 43%. https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management
- chomp 5y agoThis aligns with the numbers we had when I worked at a large webhosting company.
- kevincox 5y agoYou can say basically the same about any popular system. Chrome, Windows, iOS all have regular vulnerabilities. Maybe the difference is that they have very strong forced patching, whereas there are enough WordPress installs that don't get critical patches for far too long.
- sidewndr46 5y agoIn all measures, Windows is a dumpster fire. Usability, security, stability, etc. So what is your argument here? That Wordpress is at least as bad as a popular OS? I don't know enough about iOS to comment.
- kevincox 5y agoMy point is that all popular software is a security nightmare because our industry sucks at security. Anything that is a high value attack target gets pwned. Very little software appears to be actually secure. Maybe OpenSSH is on that short list, but even that has occasional problems. But for it's attack value the known vulnerabilities seem low.