--- title: Mastering WordPress Penetration Testing: A Step-by-Step... description: This post provides a step-by-step guide for mastering WordPress penetration testing. It covers gathering information using tools like Wappalyzer and WPintel,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/mastering-wordpress-penetration-testing-a-step-by-step-guide-ynw0eaml6 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Mastering WordPress Penetration Testing: A Step-by-Step Guide | daily.dev og:description: This post provides a step-by-step guide for mastering WordPress penetration testing. It covers gathering information using tools like Wappalyzer and WPintel,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/mastering-wordpress-penetration-testing-a-step-by-step-guide-ynw0eaml6 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Ynw0EAmL6.png og:image:alt: Mastering WordPress Penetration Testing: A Step-by-Step Guide og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Mastering WordPress Penetration Testing: A Step-by-Step Guide **[InfoSec Write-ups](https://daily.dev/sources/infosecwriteups)** · 3 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary This post provides a step-by-step guide for mastering WordPress penetration testing. It covers gathering information using tools like Wappalyzer and WPintel, explores various tools for WordPress penetration testing, discusses exploiting specific vulnerabilities including CVE-2020–8772, provides manual approaches like username enumeration and XML-RPC vulnerabilities, and explains Cross-Site Port Attacks (XSPA). It also mentions online platforms for scanning WordPress sites to ensure complete WordPress security. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#pentesting](https://daily.dev/tags/pentesting) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/mastering-wordpress-penetration-testing-a-step-by-step-guide-ynw0eaml6) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Mastering WordPress Penetration Testing: A Step-by-Step Guide","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/mastering-wordpress-penetration-testing-a-step-by-step-guide-ynw0eaml6","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/mastering-wordpress-penetration-testing-a-step-by-step-guide-ynw0eaml6"},"datePublished":"2024-03-15T13:00:49.796Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T09:06:08.895Z","description":"This post provides a step-by-step guide for mastering WordPress penetration testing. It covers gathering information using tools like Wappalyzer and WPintel,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/3b64bc74bca97deaffd70844dd1efbe3?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/3b64bc74bca97deaffd70844dd1efbe3?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"InfoSec Write-ups","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"InfoSec Write-ups","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/f0dc21b5bbfd46fda36f7b4b53dd1705","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/infosecwriteups"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/mastering-wordpress-penetration-testing-a-step-by-step-guide-ynw0eaml6","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"security,pentesting","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"InfoSec Write-ups","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/infosecwriteups"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Mastering WordPress Penetration Testing: A Step-by-Step Guide"}]} ```