Quite a number of WordPress core and plugin vulnerabilities in the list. Are you using any of them listed here? If so, standard practice is to first backup the entire site then proceed to update them one-by-one.

As WordPress is the most popular CMS used by millions of sites, it will be a favourite target for hackers to exploit whatever vulnerabilities they can fish out of it. So again, backup your site (don’t be lazy on this!), test it on the staging site, then update/push them to live.

Vulnerable plugins and themes are the #1 reason WordPress websites get hacked. The weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report powered by WPScan covers recent WordPress plugin, theme, and core vulnerabilities and what to do if you run one of the vulnerable plugins or themes on your website. Each vulnerability will have […]

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