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In this Web 3.0 era, WordPress is one of the most popular blogging content management systems (CMS). Most websites are based and created on this platform as it is not only easy to use, but offers several capabilities as well.

Recently, Checkmarx Research Labs released a report on vulnerabilities discovered in WordPress plug-ins and the plug-in process. According to this report, more than 20 percent of the 50 most popular WordPress plug-ins are vulnerable to common web attacks, such as SQL Injection. In addition, 7 out of the 10 most popular e-commerce plug-ins contain vulnerabilities.

WordPress accounts for 18 percent of websites on the web, which equates to around 60 million websites. Apparently, popularity of the CMS platform makes it vulnerable and also a very large target for attacks. Checkmarx started the research in early 2013 and performed two scans of the top 50 most downloaded plug-ins.

During the first scan in early January 2013, 18 vulnerable plug-ins were discovered which amounted to 18.5 million downloads. The second scan was performed in June 2013 on the 10 most downloaded e-commerce plug-ins, which revealed vulnerability due to high risk and impact severity. Some of the common vulnerabilities include SQL Injection, Cross Site Scripting, Cross Site Request Forgery, Remote/ Local File Inclusion, and Path Traversal.

Here are some other findings from the report:

So what should you do? Keep a check on which plug-ins you are installing and make sure they are verified. And dont forget to update your plug-ins and scan them regularly.

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Your WordPress Plug-Ins May Be Vulnerable, Says Checkmarx Research

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By: Rep. Rosa DeLauro

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Gallup poll: Americans think Obama displays good judgment during a crisis

By ASHE SCHOW | 07/02/13 04:35 PM

Despite the multiple scandals surrounding President Obama and his administration, the American people still think he shows good judgment in a crisis, according to a new Gallup survey.

By BRIAN HUGHES | 07/02/13 04:05 PM

Once again, Egyptian protesters are threatening to overthrow the government in Cairo, and the White House is on the defensive about whether it hitched its wagon to a flawed leader.

By PAUL BEDARD | 07/02/13 10:30 AM

The country's anti-American government has seized on its most popular export to the U.S. to warn President Obama not to retaliate if the Latin American nation grants asylum to secrets leaker Edward Snowden.

By SUSAN CRABTREE | 07/02/13 09:55 AM

President Obama joined forces with President George W. Bush in Africa Tuesday, participating in a silent wreath-laying ceremony honoring the victims of a terrorist attack on the embassy in Tanzania. The two U.S....

By CHARLIE SPIERING | 07/02/13 08:50 AM

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Threehosts.com compares top blog hosting services and announces that Bluehost is the most recommended WordPress host.

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For those launching metered digital subscriptions models, the word paywall is one they often try to distance themselves from.

Most tend to prefer a clear distinction to be made between a 'hard' wall, such as was implemented by the Times, and as of next month the Sun, in the UK, and metered models, as put in place by the New York Times in 2011.

Press+, which enables publishers to set up a metered model, is equally clear about the difference between the two. In fact, the word 'paywall' is banned in their offices.

"We're talking about a meter which is radically different," co-chief executive Steven Brill told Journalism.co.uk. "The reason it's so different is with the meter if you do it right you don't give up any of your advertising revenue online and you don't give up any of your voice in the community online."

Back when Press+ first launched, in late 2009, the word paywall caused them a bit of a headache.

"It took us till the end of 2010, beginning 2011, before we got anyone to launch" Brill explained. "People really didn't understand that we were not talking about a paywall."

Of course, times have since changed in the US, but Brill said that Press+'s new London-based business development director Michael Hull is finding similar reactions today in Europe, four years later.

"In the initial conversations he has people who are scared. It's like they're jumping off a cliff and they're going to go deep into waters, they don't know how cold the water is, how rocky the water is below, whether they're going to get killed or not. And what they don't know is 'am I giving up all my ad revenue, hoping I'm going to get some reader revenue?'.

"When in fact it's much more like taking a very slow walk into a swimming pool at the shallow end which has 10 or 20 steps, and you just take it a step at a time as you adjust your meter."

"In the US when we talk to newspaper publishers, everybody understands it, but we're starting over outside the US where people are just now learning about this model," he added.

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