WordPress Exploitation Playbook

WordPress powers 43% of the web. This playbook shows you exactly how to attack it. What's inside: • Reconnaissance — WPScan usage, plugin/theme fingerprinting, user enumeration • Vulnerability scanning — automated CVE detection, outdated component identification • Authentication attacks — XML-RPC brute-force, login page attacks, credential stuffing • Plugin exploitation — common vulnerable plugins, upload bypass, SQLi via plugins • Theme editor abuse — PHP code execution via appearance editor • File upload attacks — webshell upload, MIME type bypass techniques • Privilege escalation — admin account creation, role manipulation via database • Post-exploitation — database dumping, config file extraction, persistence via backdoor plugins • Real-world case studies — full attack chain from unauthenticated to root Whether you're doing a WordPress pentest or hunting bug bounties, this is your go-to reference.