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General WordPress security vulnerability statistics powered by the Patchstack Vulnerability Database.

Vulnerabilities disclosed via Patchstack

4,748By Patchstack Alliance
5,784By other sources

Most common security vulnerabilities

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  • #1Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
    31.21%
  • #2Other vulnerabilities
    29.95%
  • #3Broken Access Control
    20.02%
  • #4SQL Injection
    7.93%
  • #5Sensitive Data Exposure
    4.99%
  • #6Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
    3.77%
  • #7Arbitrary File Upload
    2.13%
  • Disclosed by
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Patch status of published vulnerabilities

Not patched
#2,32222%
Patched
#8,21078%

Breakdown by software type

Plugin
#9,39789%
Theme
#1,09910%
Core
#360%

Breakdown by patch priority

High (Resolve immediately)
#2,61025%
Medium (Resolve in 14 days)
#2,44323%
Low (Resolve in 30 days)
#5,47952%

Breakdown by CVSS severity

Critical (9.0-10.0)
#1,23612%
High (7.0-8.9)
#3,84437%
Medium (4.0-6.9)
#5,29150%
Low (0.1-3.9)
#1592%

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