Security Evaluation of Wordpress Backup Plugins

Abstract

Protecting the web applications is an important task for every organization. Wordpress is the most preferred content management system by organizations. In this paper we discuss why Wordpress is an important web application and the necessity of securing it. Another analyzed aspect regards the security of backup plugins created for Wordpress from the perspective of sensitive data leak, number of vulnerable modules, causes of vulnerability, most common mistakes and the impact of such vulnerabilities. Based on an experimental plan, the paper also emphasizes the destructive potential of those vulnerable backup plugins on the most relevant websites among the top ten million worldwide websites.