For example, Krogsgard predicted that companies will start using WordPress together with Software-as-a-Service functionality, now that WordPress can be used for the storage layer and the API ...

The REST API allows plugins, themes and other applications to manipulate WordPress content and create interactive functionalities. This technology extends what the WordPress core can do.

WordPress Update 5.8.1 addresses three security issues in REST API, Gutenberg editor and Lodash JavaScript library. Recommends updating now ...

A fifth of the Internet may soon have a vastly easier way to build new functions if the REST API under development becomes part of Wordpress’s core code.

The recently patched REST API Endpoint vulnerability in WordPress could be leveraged to pull off stored cross-site scripting attacks.

The WordPress WP HTML Mail plugin for personalized emails is vulnerable to code injection and phishing due to XSS.

The REST API is enabled by default on all sites using WordPress 4.7.0 or 4.7.1. If you are running these versions of the CMS, you are vulnerable to this attack. However, if you have automatic ...

The key difference between the terms REST versus RESTful is that REST refers to a philosophy about the architecture and design of web services, while the term RESTful refers to any API that properly ...

According to the WordPress security firm, the plugin works by setting up a WordPress REST-API endpoint but does not check that commands sent to this REST API are coming from authorized users (i.e ...

Linux and WordPress have announced the FAIR project which aims to boost security when it comes to web hosting, tools and development.