Remediating CMS Administration Portal Exposed

The CMS Administration Portal Exposed Security Tests are scanned as part of the Broken Authentication and Access Control Tests used to evaluate the Web Application Security Risk Vector.

A "CMS Administration Portal Exposed" finding means your content management system's admin login page is accessible from the Internet. This makes it a target for brute force attacks.

In this security test, we scan each website looking for known CMS administration portals and issue a WARN finding for each one exposed to the Internet.

Need to fix?

• Restrict access to the admin portal using a VPN, internal network, or firewall.
• Avoid exposing administrative interfaces directly to the Internet.

To verify it is fixed:

• Check the finding’s status in the Bitsight Findings Table.
• Look for a “Remediated” or “GOOD” grade.
• Review the Details column for confirmation.

What will I see in the Portal?

Finding Message: A CMS framework's administration login page is exposed to the Internet.

Possible Grades: Warn: Exposed CMS admin portal (Weight = 10).