2025: The Year AI Changed WordPress Vulnerabilities

2025 was different. Not just a little different. Really different.

The Numbers Don't Lie

According to WPScan's statistics, WordPress vulnerability discoveries hit record numbers in 2025. Not by a small margin. By a lot.

But here's the thing: these weren't mysterious new attack vectors. They were the same old issues we've seen for years:

So what changed?

AI Changed the Game

Two things happened in 2025:

1. AI tools got really good at finding bugs. Tools like GPT-4 and Claude became incredibly effective at code review. Security researchers started feeding WordPress plugin code into AI models and asking "what's wrong with this?" The AI found issues. Lots of issues.

2. Plugin developers started using AI to write code. And here's the problem: AI is great at writing code that works. It's not great at writing code that's secure. AI-generated code often repeats the same security mistakes because it learned from existing code that had those same mistakes.

The result? A perfect storm. More vulnerable code being written. More tools to find it. More vulnerabilities disclosed.

What This Means for Your Site

If you're running WordPress in 2025 (or 2026), here's the reality:

Updates matter more than ever. That plugin vulnerability disclosed last week? It's already being exploited. Automated tools are scanning for it right now.

AI isn't making sites safer yet. It's making vulnerability discovery faster. That's good for security researchers. It's bad for site owners who don't keep up with updates.

The gap is widening. Sites that update regularly are getting safer. Sites that don't are getting more vulnerable. There's less middle ground.

This Is Why We Built BoonRisk

We can't stop AI from finding vulnerabilities. We can't stop developers from writing vulnerable code.

But we can make it easier to know what's risky on your site. We can make security checks automatic. We can explain vulnerabilities in plain English.

That's what BoonRisk does. It doesn't stop attacks. It helps you understand your risks before someone exploits them.

The Bottom Line

2025 showed us that the WordPress security landscape is changing fast. Faster than most site owners can keep up with.

You don't need to become a security expert. But you do need to know what's happening on your site.

That's where we come in.

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