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WordPress Vulnerability Scanner
Online WordPress security scanner for your website, plugins, and web server.
Introducing HostedScan
A powerful online WordPress vulnerability scanner
HostedScan makes it easy to run a powerful set of vulnerability scans for your WordPress websites. While some WordPress scanners focus exclusively on WordPress code and plugins, HostedScan leverages multiple tools to test for both WordPress specific vulnerabilities and a wide range of other website and web server vulnerabilities, such as CVEs, expired certificates, SQL injection, and cross-site scripting.
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Full-stack security
Most common WordPress vulnerabilities and CVEs
Here are 30 of the most frequently detected WordPress vulnerabilities, in the past month.
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WordPress architecture overview
It's important to secure the entire external attack surfaces of a WordPress website. These are the components of a typical WordPress deployment:
- Web server host - The physical or virtual machine(s) which host the WordPress site. e.g. your Digital Ocean or AWS servers.
- Web server software - Typically Apache Web Server or Nginx.
- Web application code - WordPress applications are primarily written in PHP which generates HTML code rendered by the browser.
- Database - Typically MariaDB or MySQL.
- WordPress plugins - Plugins that add functionality to your WordPress site.
- SSL/TLS certificates - Certificates to enable secure HTTPS communication.
WordPress and beyond
How can HostedScan help?
HostedScan provides a comprehensive set of vulnerability scans for web applications built with any technologies, including WordPress.
WordPress code and plugins
OpenVAS - tests for WordPress specific vulnerabilities
Web server software
OpenVAS - tests for vulnerable and misconfigured Apache, Nginx, and more
Web server host
OpenVAS - tests for general web server issues such as vulnerable SSH
Web application code and APIs
ZAP - tests for security issues such as SQL injection and XSS
SSL/TLS
SSLyze - tests for misconfigured TLS and issues such as expired certificates
Firewall
Nmap - tests for open ports to ensure databases and other sensitive applications are not publicly accessible
Reporting
Clear and helpful reports. And they look good too!
Ease-of-use
Get started in minutes and add value to your business from the first day.
Benefits of using HostedScan
Strengthen your
cybersecurity
resilience
Strengthen your cybersecurity resilience
Strengthen your
cybersecurity
resilience
Mitigate security vulnerabilities
Discover CVEs, OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities, and exploitable weaknesses across your entire infrastructure. Get prioritized remediation guidance with CVSS scoring and actionable risk classifications—fix what matters first.
Manage your risk exposure
With regulations such as GDPR and CCPA, failure to maintain reasonable security procedures is grounds for lawsuits and fines.
Meet compliance requirements
Vulnerability scanning is essential for your compliance with SOC 2, ISO 27001, cyber insurance, and more.
Detect misconfigurations
90% of cyber attacks exploit simple misconfigurations, not zero-days. Detect exposed ports, weak credentials, outdated software, and common security gaps before attackers do—automatically, every day.
Map your attack surface
Your infrastructure changes constantly. Automatically discover and monitor all websites, servers, networks, and APIs—maintaining complete visibility of your attack surface without manual tracking.
Our Customers
5,000+ MSPs and IT teams who move faster
Speed and power,
without the complexity
The world's leading vulnerability scanners, all in one platform.