This security advisory is written about a critical Easy Digital Downloads vulnerability originally discovered by Nguyen Anh Tien and reported to us through our bug bounty program. Patchstack users have received a vPatch to protect their site against this vulnerability. Patchstack users are protected from the vulnerability. For plugin developers, we have security audit services and Threat Intelligence […]
This article explains what an open-source fork is and how to ensure the security of forked open-source projects. Forking a project allows anyone to take ownership of an open-source project and lead it in a new direction, but there is far more to forking a project beyond declaring a project has been forked. Open source […]
What does website hardening mean? Having a proper firewall to protect your WordPress website is a crucial way to keep it secure. However, there are many ways you can configure and customize the firewall to take security to the next level. Website hardening means exactly that. You can set your own firewall rules and tweak […]
This blog post is about the Quiz And Survey Master plugin vulnerability. If you’re a Quiz And Survey Master user, please update the plugin to at least version 8.1.5. Patchstack users are protected from the vulnerability. For plugin developers, we have security audit services and Threat Intelligence Feed API for hosting companies. About the Quiz And Survey Master WordPress […]
This blog post is written about Sander’s experience and how he started to sell WordPress care plans with the help of Patchstack. Hey there! Sander here – you might recognize me from the Patchstack support channel. In this article, I’ll share a bit about how I started using Patchstack, and how I am building my […]
Did you know that, on an average, every hour of downtime causes revenue loss of between three to four hundred thousand dollars for 25% of businesses globally? Yes, you read that right! In today’s hyper-connected digital landscape, every second counts, and your website’s uptime is non-negotiable. If your business depends on your website, then you […]
Welcome to the Patchstack Weekly Security Update, Episode 66! This update is for week 15 of 2023. This week’s knowledge share is about a rare but serious security bug that can be found in any PHP application. Luckily it is easy to avoid and WordPress has a built-in function that developers can utilize to help […]
Welcome to the Patchstack Weekly Security Update, Episode 65! This update is for week 14 of 2023. This week’s knowledge share is all about how a serious security risk closed source software faces, that open source embraces and turns into one of its strengths. I will then cover another serious security bug that was patched, […]
Early this morning the WordPress source code was found exposed online. The most popular, widest used, and massively successful web application project WordPress, that powers more websites than any other technology had every major and minor version of its source code made available for anyone to download. Source code leaks carry serious implications. An application’s […]
Behold, a new Patchstack Alliance season is here! We thought you might get bored without new challenges, so we prepared an exciting season. The season starts tomorrow, April 1st (it’s not a joke), and ends on June 30th. You’ll have three months of fun. Let’s start with the things we will hunt for this season […]