[wp-hackers] WordPress can "leak" if a username is valid

Paolo Tresso / Pixline supporto at pixline.net
Tue Feb 19 10:14:02 GMT 2008


Il giorno 18/feb/08, alle ore 22:01, Will Brown ha scritto:

> Every single Wordpress installation has
> the admin user unless someone's gone in and changed the database, so  
> an
> attacker doesn't need to use this method to gain a hack-able account.


By the way, I usually make another account the superadmin, and de- 
privilege admin at all, like a subscriber. :-)
Call me paranoid, but it's just a little step to do.

Bests,

Paolo Tresso (Pixline)
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