13 Feb 2019

The Missing Story About WordPress Plugin Developers’ Failure To Make Sure Their Plugins Are Secure

Coverage of WordPress plugin vulnerabilities is rather poor and coverage of an authenticated option update vulnerability in the plugin Simple Social Buttons disclosed on Monday was no exception. For example, you had a security journalist that frequently spreads false and misleading information, Catalin Cimpanu, make this statement in regards to WordPress:

Some sites are inherently protected against this vulnerability, as their admins have already blocked user registration due to security reasons. [Read more]