{"id":12630,"date":"2020-01-19T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2020-01-19T09:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/howk.de\/w1\/security-researchers-say-400000-wordpress-sites-might-be-at-risk-with-these-plugins\/"},"modified":"2020-01-19T09:00:04","modified_gmt":"2020-01-19T09:00:04","slug":"security-researchers-say-400000-wordpress-sites-might-be-at-risk-with-these-plugins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howk.de\/?p=12630","title":{"rendered":"Security Researchers Say 400,000 WordPress Sites Might Be At Risk With These Plugins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hothardware.com\/news\/wordpress-sites-might-be-at-risk-with-these-plugins\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hothardware.com\/ContentImages\/NewsItem\/50489\/thumbnail\/default\/thumbnail_cyber-security.jpg\" alt=\"Security Researchers Say 400,000 WordPress Sites Might Be At Risk With These Plugins\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"5\"><\/a><br \/>\nIt is estimated that there are over 50,000 WordPress plugins and more than 1.25 billion total plugin downloads. 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