Wordpress a Hacking target

Wordpress a Hacking target

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Wordpress a Hacking target

I see hacking attempts on my server on a dail basis. Most of these are for a hacker looking for a vulnerability in Wordpress. This is ironic, as I don't run Wordpress for this site..

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A more sustained probe:

Often components of a Wordpress installation are probed:

Looking for files in a temp directory

I am not sure what the relevance here is but I have seen another sustained probe that was looking for files such as:

/temp/editor.php
/temp/wp-content/themes.php
/temp/wp-includes/wp-class.php
/temp/wp-admin/css/
/temp/upgrade.php
/temp.html/wp-log-in.php

patchstack.com

In their opening they say:

So is WordPress secure? To make it clear – there’s nothing wrong with WordPress itself, but such a popular open-source ecosystem created for a broad user base means there will be vulnerabilities.

They then continue with the following:

Why WordPress sites get hacked? If you have a WordPress website, you should definitely know why WordPress sites get hacked. Hackers aren’t necessarily targeting your website.

They’re using common vulnerabilities and executing hacks on a large scale hoping it succeeds on as many websites as possible.

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Wordpress a Hacking target

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