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E-commerce security
Security testing focused on where WordPress sites actually get compromised, the plugin and theme ecosystem, not WordPress core.
WordPress security91% of new WordPress vulnerabilities are found in plugins.
Only a handful were in WordPress core itself, all rated low-risk, the real exposure lives in the plugin ecosystem.
Patchstack, State of WordPress Security 2026WordPress powers a large share of the web, independently tracked market-share data consistently puts it at well over 40% of all websites, which also makes it a large, well-studied target. WordPress core itself has a mature security team and patches quickly. The real exposure is the plugin and theme ecosystem: tens of thousands of third-party extensions of hugely varying code quality, many abandoned and no longer receiving security updates, each one running with broad access to the site.
Public vulnerability databases like WPScan and Patchstack track thousands of disclosed plugin vulnerabilities, a running record of exactly how large and active this attack surface actually is. A generic vulnerability scan checks WordPress core version and stops there.
A proper review audits what's actually installed, including the plugins nobody remembers adding, and tests the site's specific configuration against that known-vulnerability landscape, the same discipline behind our broader Web & API Security work, applied to WordPress's specific plugin/theme architecture.
The recurring categories across thousands of disclosed WordPress plugin vulnerabilities, what we specifically test installed plugins against.
Third-party plugin code that builds database queries from unsanitized input, historically the single largest category of disclosed WordPress plugin vulnerabilities.
CWE-89A plugin's upload handler that doesn't properly validate file type or extension, allowing a malicious PHP file to be uploaded and then executed directly.
CWE-434The current #1 category in the OWASP Top 10, a plugin action or admin function reachable by a lower-privileged user (or an unauthenticated one) than intended.
OWASP Top 10User-controlled input, comment fields, search, custom fields, rendered back into a page without proper escaping. Consistently one of the most disclosed WordPress plugin vulnerability types.
CWE-79A WordPress assessment draws on the same testing discipline as our core services , applied specifically to the WordPress/WooCommerce stack.
Beyond core WordPress
A vulnerable plugin, REST API user enumeration, and an exposed backup file, the plugin-layer gaps behind almost every real WordPress compromise.
$ wpscan --url https://demo-corp.com --enumerate vp
[!] contact-form-builder 3.2.1, known SQL injection vulnerability, no patch available
Installed, active, last updated 2 years ago, not WordPress core, the plugin layer.
An illustrative walkthrough of how an engagement actually runs, not footage from a real client environment.
No, WordPress core has a mature security team and a fast patching cycle. The real risk sits in the plugin and theme ecosystem: tens of thousands of third-party plugins of wildly varying code quality, many abandoned and no longer patched, each one a piece of code with full access to the site.
Yes. WooCommerce sites get an additional focus on the checkout and payment flow specifically, plus any payment-gateway plugin in use, since that's the highest-value target on the site if compromised.
We start with what has the most access and the most exposure to unauthenticated input, payment, form, and file-upload plugins first, then cross-reference the full installed plugin list against public vulnerability databases like WPScan and Patchstack for anything already known and unpatched.
Yes, where relevant, server-level misconfiguration (exposed backups, directory listing, weak file permissions) is a real part of WordPress risk and is covered under our broader network security work if your hosting is in scope.
Talk to us about scoping an assessment around your specific plugin stack and configuration.
