Most global vulnerability reports don't apply to Nepal directly. Here's what we actually find when we test Nepali web applications.
01. SQL Injection — still #1
Over 80% of Nepali websites we've tested are vulnerable to some form of SQL injection. Most run outdated PHP frameworks with raw query concatenation. No parameterization.
Attack looks like: https://example.com.np/product?id=1' OR '1'='1
Result: full database dump. Customer data. Admin credentials.
02. Broken Authentication
Default admin credentials on WordPress: admin/admin123. No account lockout. No 2FA. Session tokens that never expire.
We've seen e-commerce sites in Kathmandu where you could brute-force the admin panel in under 10 minutes.
03. Missing Security Headers
Run this on any Nepali government site: curl -I https://target.gov.np
You will not find:
Content-Security-Policy
X-Frame-Options
Strict-Transport-Security
This means clickjacking, XSS, and protocol downgrade attacks are trivially possible.
04. Exposed Admin Panels
/admin, /wp-admin, /cpanel — publicly accessible, no IP restriction, no rate limiting. We find these on fintech and e-commerce sites weekly.
05. Outdated Dependencies
WordPress sites running plugins from 2019. PHP 7.2 on production servers. jQuery 1.x with known XSS vectors.
No patch management. No monitoring. No alerting.
#WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOUR BUSINESS
If your site runs PHP, WordPress, or a custom framework built before 2022 — you are almost certainly vulnerable to at least two of the above.
A basic vulnerability assessment takes 2-3 days. It costs less than recovering from a breach.