--- title: "Mastering WordPress Penetration Testing: A Step-by-Step Guide" url: https://daily.dev/posts/mastering-wordpress-penetration-testing-a-step-by-step-guide-ynw0eaml6 source_url: https://infosecwriteups.com/mastering-wordpress-penetration-testing-a-step-by-step-guide-d99a06487486 type: article source: "InfoSec Write-ups" published: 2024-03-15T13:00:49.796Z updated: 2024-05-09T09:06:08.895Z tags: ["security", "pentesting"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 2 comments: 0 language: 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: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- 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)