USV Annals of Economics and Public Administration (Jun 2021)

A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE SECURITY OF WEB CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

  • Vlad TOMA

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 33
pp. 146 – 151

Abstract

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The present paper aims to compare and analyze the security of the most common three open-source Web Content Management Systems: WordPress, Joomla! and Drupal. The paper is focused on describing the main vulnerabilities regarding the security of CMS platforms and reflects relevant data that can be used to avoid the most common attacks. In the digital era, where all the information is stored on web servers to be accessed from everyone, security and confidential data protection is an important part when it comes to choosing the right CMS for our needs.

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