WordPress CMS Enumeration and Security Testing: Protecting Your Website from Attacks

In this comprehensive course, you will learn the art of enumerating WordPress CMS, one of the most popular content management systems used to build blogs, shopping websites, and more. As WordPress comes with a wide array of 3rd party plugins and themes, it also exposes vulnerabilities and misconfigurations that can be exploited by hackers.

To safeguard your WordPress website from potential attacks, it is crucial to understand how hackers target it. We will delve into various tools such as Python, Burp, WPScan, Metasploit, and more to perform enumeration and bruteforce attacks. WPScan proves to be an excellent tool for enumeration and bruteforce testing, allowing us to assess password security effectively.

Throughout the course, we will explore Metasploit’s auxiliary scanners and WordPress exploits, providing valuable insights into WordPress vulnerability testing. Additionally, we will script our code in Python to enhance the speed of bruteforce attacks, making it a faster alternative to the community edition of Burp.

Although the professional edition of Burp offers multi-threading options for faster password testing, we will focus solely on the free edition in this course. Moreover, we will demonstrate how to obtain a reverse shell from a vulnerable WordPress machine, enabling you to grasp advanced security concepts.

As a bonus, you will also learn how to attack a Drupal CMS using Droopescan, a versatile tool capable of scanning WordPress, Joomla, Moodle, and more. However, for WordPress security testing, we highly recommend utilizing WPScan as your primary tool.

Furthermore, we will provide TryHackMe writeups that involve pentesting WordPress CMS and exploiting vulnerabilities. After completing this course, you will be well-prepared to take on the “Mr. Robot” room from TryHackMe and put your newfound skills to the test. Secure your WordPress website and gain the knowledge needed to defend it against potential threats effectively.

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