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WordPress – guide

    As before, let’s start with the theory of what WP is and how it is organized, and then practically what you can do with it.

    📌 What is WordPress

    WordPress is the world’s most popular Content Management System (CMS), designed to create and manage websites without requiring advanced programming knowledge. It’s a free, open-source platform originally built for blogging, but it has evolved into a powerful tool for building all kinds of websites — from personal blogs to e-commerce stores and corporate portals.

    ✅ Why People Use WordPress

    1. Ease of Use
      • User-friendly interface.
      • You can create pages, posts, manage menus, and media without coding.
    2. Large Community
      • Thousands of themes and plugins available.
      • Extensive support through forums, guides, and tutorials.
    3. Flexibility and Expandability
      • Suitable for blogs, shops (via WooCommerce), forums, landing pages, and more.
      • Over 50,000 plugins for SEO, caching, security, forms, galleries, etc.
    4. SEO-Friendly
      • Generates clean URLs.
      • Plugins like Yoast SEO make optimization easier.
    5. Cost-Effective
      • Free to use.
      • Many free themes and plugins available.

    There are two versions of WordPress:

    • WordPress.org — self-hosted version, full control and customization.
    • WordPress.com — cloud-based, easier to use but more limited.

    ⚠️ Vulnerabilities and Risks

    Despite being powerful and easy to use, WordPress is often targeted by hackers. Here’s why:

    1. Popularity

    • The more popular a platform is, the more attractive it is to attackers.

    2. Outdated Plugins and Themes

    • Most vulnerabilities come from third-party plugins and themes.
    • Many developers stop updating their tools, leaving security holes.

    3. Weak Passwords and Default Settings

    • Admin panels often use predictable URLs (/wp-admin) and usernames like admin.

    4. Weak Hosting Security

    • Cheap hosting providers often lack basic security measures.

    5. Common Attacks

    • XSS (Cross-site scripting) — inserting malicious scripts.
    • SQL Injection — especially through insecure forms.
    • Brute-force attacks — trying to guess admin passwords.

    Next, let’s take a practical look at a bruteforce attack.
    Working with ULP databases.
    We will need

    FREE data SORTER TOOL – for collecting necessary strings
    WordPress Checker – for bruteforce.

    We need to collect strings U:L:P that contain
    wp-admin and wp-login

    Then load the database with these strings into bruteforce and wait for the result

    As a result, you get data about valid data by which you can log in to the sites admin panel.

    Then you can use the plugin to infect sites and redirect traffic to your resources. We have a ready example of the plugin – https://goldeneagle.click/wordpress-universal-redirect-plugin/

    All you have to do is customize it to your needs and upload it in zip format to sites where you have administrator rights.
    This can be done manually or through a function in our program.

    With these simple steps you get a lot of admin panel data and can use them at your discretion.
    Either as a redirect or as a file upload, etc.