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Please explain how "this is a WordPress issue" Given that WordPress runs over 20% of the internet, it would be prudent to elaborate.
by magoon 12y ago
Please explain how "this is a WordPress issue"
Given that WordPress runs over 20% of the internet, it would be prudent to elaborate.
- jerf 12y agoWordPress is a large and soft target, security-wise, and the malware targeting it has become fairly sophisticated. Note both "large" and "soft" are important, which is why I said both. If you are implying that you're going to try to claim that WordPress is not a large and soft target, all I can do is really strongly recommend against dashing yourself against those rocks voluntarily. If you'd like some light evening reading, you can try browsing through: http://osvdb.org/search?search[vuln_title]=wordpress&search[text_type]=alltext http://osvdb.org/search?search[vuln_title]=wordpress&search[...
- jcrawfordor 12y agoAlthough check this search out: http://osvdb.org/search?search[vuln_title]=wordpress+-plugin+-theme&search[text_type]=titles http://osvdb.org/search?search[vuln_title]=wordpress+-plugin... And my filtering isn't that thorough, a number of results are still in plugins or themes. My point is that the majority of WordPress problems are not actually WordPress problems but problems with the enormous set of third-party content produced for it. WordPress's security engineering is generally pretty good now, but the plugins are very much a mixed bag.