[wp-forums] Hacked Query

[Tom Barrett]

What malicious code is this?


On 8 February 2013 11:41, Jan Dembowski <jan at dembowski.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 6:21 AM, Andrew2.Nevins <
> Andrew2.Nevins at live.uwe.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> > Actually, now that I'm writing it out, it seems that'll just remove the
> > symptom and leave the hack. Right?
> >
>
> Yep. Doing a search and replace just deals with the symptom and doesn't
> close the door that the attacker got in via. They might fix the symptoms
> but the problem will be back.
>
> If you're on a VPS or a dedicated box then locking down your server and
> WordPress installation really isn't that hard (who else would you effect?)
>  But on a shared host it could be a real pain. You can only lock down your
> portion but an insecure host is the worst to be on.
>
> Jan Dembowski
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