WP SECURITY MARCH 2021 Centralised Abuse Highlights
BRIEF:
Attack vectors seems to be focused on security solutions, personal or private data exfiltration. Highly targeted campaign against portfolio developers and high-profile plugins. Be informed about the WP SECURITY MARCH 2021 centralised abuse highlights. As these specific hacking points and vulnerabilities have a severe negative impact on WordPress Security, consider our FREE security AUDIT.
CSRF – Cross-Site Request Forgery
- March 2022 – It is a 7.68% increase compared to February 2022. An estimated 781.000+ active WordPress installations were susceptible to this attack type.
- February 2022 – It is a whopping 1200% increase compared to January 2022. An estimated 2.2+ million active WordPress installations were susceptible to this attack type.
- January 2022 – It is a 75% decrease compared to December 2020. An estimated 40.000+ active WordPress installations were susceptible to this attack type.
XSS – Cross-Site Scripting
- March 2022 – It is a 154% increase compared to February 2022. An estimated 6.178.000+ active WordPress installations were susceptible to this attack type.
- February 2022 – It is a 57% increase compared to January 2022. An estimated 2.465.600+ active WordPress installations were susceptible to this attack type.
- January 2022 – It is a 27% increase compared to December 2020. An estimated 1.690.000+ active WordPress installations were susceptible to this attack type.
SQL Injections
- March 2022 – It is a 50% increase compared to February 2022. An estimated 210.000+ active WordPress installations were susceptible to this attack type.
- February 2022 – It is a 33% increase compared to January 2022. An estimated 211.000+ active WordPress installations were susceptible to this attack type.
- January 2022 – It is a 200% increase compared to December 2020. An estimated 623.000+ active WordPress installations were susceptible to this attack type.
Unrestricted Access Issues
- March 2022 – It is a 55.5% increase compared to February 2022. An estimated 3.061.000+ active WordPress installations were susceptible to this attack type.
- February 2022 – It is a 339% increase compared to January 2022. An estimated 2.169.000+ active WordPress installations were susceptible to this attack type.
- January 2022 – It is a 260% increase compared to December 2020. An estimated 493.000+ active WordPress installations were susceptible to this attack type.
Pharma Hacks
- March 2022 – It is a 75% increase compared to February 2022. An estimated 504.000+ active WordPress installations were susceptible to this attack type.
- February 2022 – It is a similar high trend compared to January 2022. An estimated 1.951.000+ active WordPress installations were susceptible to this attack type.
- January 2022 – It is a 60% increase compared to December 2020. An estimated 5.600.000+ active WordPress installations were susceptible to this attack type.
Sensitive Data Disclosures
- March 2022 – It is a 28% decrease compared to February 2022. An estimated 113.000+ active WordPress installations were susceptible to this attack type.
- February 2022 – It is a 133% increase compared to January 2022. An estimated 1.121.000+ active WordPress installations were susceptible to this attack type.
- January 2022 – It is a 50% increase compared to December 2020. An estimated 114.000+ active WordPress installations were susceptible to this attack type.
