CVE-2025-13820: Authentication Bypass in Comments Plugin via Disqus Login
A critical authentication bypass CVE-2026-4119 Create DB Tables vulnerability vulnerability has been discovered in the Comments WordPress plugin,…
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How to Secure wp-config.php: The Most Important File in WordPress
wp-config.php is the most sensitive file in any WordPress installation. It contains your database credentials, security keys, salts,…
WordPress .htaccess Security: Essential Rules to Protect Your Site
The .htaccess file is one of the most powerful security tools in WordPress. It sits in your site…
Staging Sites for WordPress: Why You Need One and How to Set It Up
A staging site is a copy of your WordPress site used for testing. You update plugins, test new…
WordPress File Permissions: What They Should Be and How to Fix Them
File permissions on a WordPress site are one of those things that work fine until they don’t. Set…
WordPress User Roles and Permissions: The Complete Security Guide
WordPress user roles control who can do what on your site. A misconfigured role, or worse, an unnecessary…
CVE-2026-1555 – Unauthenticated File Upload in WebStack Theme Gives Attackers Full Server Access
If you run a WordPress site using the WebStack theme, there is no patch available for a critical…
CrawlerX Botnet Uses 500,000 Residential IPs to Brute-Force WordPress Sites
A new botnet called CrawlerX is brute-forcing WordPress admin accounts using half a million residential IP addresses. Unlike…
WordPress 6.8.2 Patches Stored XSS in Block Editor
WordPress released version 6.8.2 on April 21, fixing two stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the block editor.…
WordPress Security Checklist 2026: 10 Steps to Harden Your Site
WordPress Security Checklist 2026. Keeping a WordPress site secure in 2026 isn’t about installing a single plugin and…