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ArchivedMar 2025

WordPress Security Audit

A full authorised vulnerability assessment of a live WordPress site — identified critical third-party plugin flaws and verified the fixes afterwards.

An authorised vulnerability assessment of a production WordPress site. The goal was to find the real risks — mostly hiding in third-party components — and then see the site hardened, with permission throughout.

The work#

I mapped the attack surface using Kali Linux and WPScan-style enumeration to find outdated core and plugin versions, then analysed and verified the known CVEs against them — including a potential remote code execution and an admin-context authentication bypass. The output was a detailed report with risk ratings and concrete remediation steps for the site owner. After patching, I ran a re-audit to confirm the fixes held and the site was in a genuinely better state than when I started.