Patchstack Case Study Finds Hosting Defenses Fail Against 87.8% of WordPress Exploits

Many hosting companies market themselves on security. Patchstack decided to put those claims to the test — and found most hosts failed. In a new case study, the security company found that 87.8% of plugin exploits sailed past network and server defenses before being stopped at the application layer. The company spun up identical WordPress sites with 11 known plugin vulnerabilities — ranging…

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