Wordpress Users alert : New Security threat on the round!

internet — By Monik on September 5, 2009 at 8:37 am



Wordpress is the Coolest, Easiest and the best Blogging Platform and that’s the reason why i use it and also because why so many users use it.

But what happens when it’s under attack? Oh Shit! But this time is not to panic but to know and understand it and prevent it.  Here’s what Lorelle says that,

There are two clues that your WordPress site has been attacked:

First, there are strange additions to permalinks, such as example.com/category/post-title/%&(%7B$%7Beval(base64_decode($_SERVER%5BHTTP_REFERER%5D))
%7D%7D|.+)&%/. The keywords are “eval” and “base64_decode.”

The second clue is that a “back door” was created by a “hidden” Administrator. Check your site users for “Administrator (2)” or a name you do not recognize.

So Now how to prevent it?

  • Ok, so if you are using any other version than the latest version, upgrade now to the latest one!
  • Change all Your FTP passwords, Wordpress Passwords.

It should work for now. We have not released any official response and so we are waiting for. to stay updated subscribe our blog!

Thanks TechCrunch!

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Hey, i am Monik Pamecha and i am the Founder of the Etiole.com. Apart from Blogging i am a student, web developer (i have developed services like hop.im and iluvtech.org), a total G33k and complete gadget freak, and a soccer, badminton and table tennis player. Currently Learning PHP and Ruby on Rails :) Do Check out my Blog or Follow me on Twitter.

  • Thanks For the alert as I am also a wordpress user I will also secure my Blogs and Websites
  • Thanks for the alert as I am also a wordpress user I will also secure my wordpress blogs and websites
  • Thanks :)
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