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Hrvoje Jerkovic, Branko Sinkovic

 

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Vulnerability Analysis of most Popular Open Source Content Management Systems with Focus on WordPress and Proposed Integration of Artificial Intelligence Cyber Security Features

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ABSTRACT

Web sites are major sources of information today and Internet is dominating platform for deployment of various applications built for worldwide audience. Modern Content Management Systems (CMS) play major role in that situation since they enable technical users to build various standard and custom web applications but they also enable non-technical users to build various web sites and applications using standard and extended set of tools provided by CMS developers. This paper will analyze latest major CMS vulnerabilities, effectiveness of various security communities’ responses with propositions for improvements.

KEYWORDS

Content Management Systems, web site security, cyber security, web filtering, web firewall, vulnerabilities, artificial intelligence

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Hrvoje Jerkovic, Branko Sinkovic. (2017) Vulnerability Analysis of most Popular Open Source Content Management Systems with Focus on WordPress and Proposed Integration of Artificial Intelligence Cyber Security Features. International Journal of Economics and Management Systems, 2, 66-74

 

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