Server Security Scan vs Website Security Check

♦ Check your server’s overall security ♦ Detect unsafe PHP settings ♦ Detect unsafe PHP functions ♦ Check for security modules ♦ Detect unwanted write permissions ♦ Detect all errors and error levels Server Security Scan identifies possible vulnerabilities and loopholes in your sever by inspecting various PHP configurations and settings, checking write permissions of directories, checking for presence of security modules and by detecting the presence of any unsafe PHP functions. Thus it helps to protect your server from various possible web site hacks such as variable injection, code injection and SQL injection etc. Unsafe PHP configuration scan Server Security Scan checks for certain PHP configurations in your server to identify whether they are configured safely so as to safeguard your server from hackers. The scanner suggests possible issues of wrongly configuring these settings as well as the criticality level of misconfiguring these settings. Unsafe PHP function scan Hackers may misuse some of the PHP functions which you do not use in your applications. Often these functions might be enabled by default in most of the servers. The Server Security Scanner detects whether such functions are enabled in your server and suggests the criticality level and issues related to those functions. Directory permission scan It is unsafe to leave your web accessible directories with write permission. The Server Security Scanner detects all writable folder permissions and reports them. Security module scan There are certain PHP extensions which can be used to enhance the security of your PHP installation. The Server Security Scan detects whther such modules are installed on your server and reprts the same. The Server Security Scan detects various possiblities of hacking your server and reports them. The items are reported with criticality of each of the detection. You may contact your host to get the issues rectified if you are not familiar with updating server configurations. About Server Security Scan is developed and maintained by wordpressutils. More Information Troubleshooting Please read the FAQ first if you are having problems. Requirements WordPress 2.8+ PHP 5+

Website Security Check detects if your WordPress website has vulnerabilities and security flaws. Get a full security report for your website. Check your website with our Free Website Security Check Why is Your WordPress CMS Security Check Important​: 55.9% of vulnerabilities came from plugins. Over 90,978 attacks happening per minute on both big and small WordPress sites 84% of all security vulnerabilities on the internet are the result of Cross-Site Scripting or XSS attacks. Most of the casual bloggers start thinking about site security only after they get into first problems and majority of websites get hacked from entirely preventable issues, like not keeping things updated or using insecure passwords. The majority of hacking attempts are made by bots, and you may be able to prevent hacker bots attacks by hiding your WordPress paths: wp-content, wp-include, plugins, themes, etc. Just by changing the main paths, you may be able to protect your website against things like brute-force attacks, SQL-injection, and requests to your PHP files. The test includes checking for updated plugins, themes and different files and functions which are known to hold security breaches. Is WordPress CMS Vulnerable?​: WordPress is one of the most popular CMS (Content Management System) options on the Internet these days. Around 33% of websites are made with WordPress. Even if WordPress is known for being a secure CMS, sometimes hackers do find vulnerabilities. Most site owners don’t know that the biggest risk comes from the installed plugins and themes. You obviously need to be careful with them, as plugin vulnerabilities represented 55.9% of the known entry points reported by respondents. What happens if wp-login page is visible: wp-login page is certainly one of the most vulnerable pages on your website. If this path is visible means that an authentication path is visible and hackers can perform brute force login attempts. A successful brute force attack can give hackers access to your admin area. An unsuccessful one can slow down your website or crush your server. There are many strategies for dealing with this problem. The simplest one is to hide WordPress login page. What happens if WordPress XML-RPC is visible: XML-RPC is an API that allows anyone to interact with your WordPress website. XML-RPC is also a way to manage your site without having to login manually via the wp-login page. Why hackers try to access your WordPress website using xmlrpc.php file?: Instead of 100 login attempts, the hackers could reduce their login attempts to 10 or less and still try 100 or even thousands of passwords to each request. XML-RPC service is always at high risk for WordPress websites. For your safety, you should disable this service. By disabling xml-rpc you can protect your website from DDoS attacks, brute force attacks, malicious pingback response. If you like Website Security Check please help us and write us a positive review. https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/website-security-check/reviews/#new-post Try also our security plugin: Hide My Wp Ghost Free