WordPress For Pentesting And Bug Bounties 2025

WordPress For Pentesting And Bug Bounties 2025
Published 3/2025
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280×720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz

Complete Practical Course on WordPress for Pentesting and Bug Bounties with no filler.

What you’ll learn

Introduction to WordPress Security & Pentesting

Overview of WordPress architecture (Core, Plugins, Themes)

Common attack surfaces in WordPress

Information Gathering & Reconnaissance

Enumerating WordPress users, plugins, and themes

Tools for reconnaissance (WPScan, WhatWeb, Google Dorks)

Detecting outdated and vulnerable plugins/themes

WordPress Vulnerabilities & Exploitation

Weak password attacks (Hydra, Burp Suite, WPScan)

WordPress Bug Bounty Hunting

Finding WordPress vulnerabilities in live bug bounty programs

Reporting vulnerabilities responsibly (Bugcrowd, HackerOne, private programs)

Crafting high-quality bug bounty reports

Practical hands-on for each vulnerability

Requirements

Basic Knowledge of Cybersecurity

Enthusiasm for Bug Bounties & Pentesting

No prior programming or bug bounty experience is required

Description

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Introduction to WordPress

Lecture 3 Hunting Bug Bounty Targets

Section 2: Technology Detection

Lecture 4 Technology Detection – 1

Lecture 5 Technology Detection – 2

Lecture 6 Technology Detection – 3

Lecture 7 Technology Detection using Fuzzing

Section 3: WordPress Vulnerabilities

Lecture 8 Finding Bugs -1

Lecture 9 Finding Bugs – 2

Lecture 10 Finding Bugs using BASH Scripts

Section 4: WordPress Pentesting

Lecture 11 Finding WordPress Websites for Security Testing

Lecture 12 Detecting WordPress Instances with Nuclei

Section 5: Information Gathering & Enumeration

Lecture 13 Discovering Bugs Through WP Debug Logs

Lecture 14 User Enumeration via WordPress RDF API

Lecture 15 Directory Listing Exposure in WordPress

Lecture 16 Exploiting Full Path Disclosure in WordPress

Lecture 17 Identifying XML-RPC Vulnerabilities in WordPress

Section 6: Attacking WordPress & Exploitation Techniques

Lecture 18 Brute Force Attacks on WordPress

Lecture 19 Writing an Effective Bug Bounty Report

Lecture 20 Using WPScan for WordPress Security Analysis

Lecture 21 Exploiting WordPress Themes

Lecture 22 Remote Code Execution (RCE) in WordPress

Section 7: Automated Security Testing & Fuzzing

Lecture 23 Building a Custom Security Automation Script

Lecture 24 Fuzzing WordPress for Security Vulnerabilities

Lecture 25 Advanced Web Fuzzing

Lecture 26 Advanced WordPress Search Exploitation

Section 8: Reporting & Responsible Disclosure

Lecture 27 WordPress websites for Security Testing

Lecture 28 Installing & Exploiting WordPress Plugins

Lecture 29 Essential Resources for Bug Bounty Hunters

Section 9: Thank you & Whats Next?

Lecture 30 Whats Next

Bug Bounty Hunters,Pentesters & Security Professionals,Web Developers & WordPress Site Owners,Students & Aspiring Ethical Hackers,Cybersecurity Enthusiasts