High‑RiskVulnerabilities: Zeroing In on Your Most Urgent Risks
High‑Risk Vulnerabilities highlights the issues mostlikely to impact your site right now. It focuses exclusively onHigh and Critical severities across PHP, WordPress core,your active theme, and active plugins—so you can act where itmatters most.
WhatIt Shows
· High+Criticalcounts per component:
· PHP
· WordPress core
· Theme
· Plugins
· A combined view that lets you spot which pillar is driving the greatest risk.
How It Works
· Pulls High andCritical vulnerability counts for each component.
· Combines them into a single number per component (High +Critical).
· Returns a compact breakdown you can chart or summarize in reports.
Why It Matters
· Prioritization:Targets thevulnerabilities with the highest probability and impact.
·Speed:Cuts through noise from Medium/Low and surfaces whatto fix first.
·Clarity:Shows whether risk clusters in plugins, theme, core,or PHP.
How to Use It
·If Plugins are highest: Patchor replace the specific vulnerable plugin(s) first.
· If Theme is highest:Update the active theme or switch to a maintained alternative.
·If Core is affected:Update WordPress immediatelyand validate critical workflows.
·If PHP is affected: Move to asupported PHP version and apply security updates.
Quick Winsto Reduce High‑Risk
·Patch Critical first, thenHigh—before Medium/Low.
·Remove unused or abandoned plugins/themes.
· Standardize monthlymaintenance; enable update notifications.
· Use aWAF and principle of least privilege as mitigations while patching.
Outcome
ByeliminatingHigh/Criticalissuescomponent‑by‑component, you’llsee immediateimprovements in youroverallSiteStatusandSiteVigil Rating—backedby fewerexploitablepaths anda stronger security posture.