You put a plugin on your WordPress blog, and soon your site is hacked and defaced – coincidence?

I’ve talked in the past of the dangers of using ‘just any’ theme out there, and of course you should always update your blog as soon as a new security problem is fixed.

But are plugins an issue?

Now I’m not reporting about a specific plugin here, one that is doing bad things. However, the potential IS there, and here’s some reasons why:

A plugin, when activated, has access to all …