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  1. tiff2342

    tiff2342 Well-Known Member

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    In ref to:

    /https://twitter.com/SolidSSecurity
    /http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1195687

    Any one know if WP is safe?
     
    #1 tiff2342, Sep 28, 2012
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    You are never 100% safe. Anyway I recommend to use the apache patch + mod_security with some good rules.
     
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    well there apparently is an exploit out for latest WP but ill just follow their twitter to stay on top of things just in case
     
    #4 tiff2342, Oct 2, 2012
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    they say its just a cross site scripting exploit. have you found anything else out?
     
    #5 d'argo, Oct 2, 2012
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    all ive found is a cross site but they have logs of a shell being uploaded into the admin area via admin files on latest WP install /https://twitter.com/SolidSSecurity/status/251700021005791232
     
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    i wish there more details. culd they have just stolen password?
     
    #7 d'argo, Oct 2, 2012
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    from what was said it was a freshly installed wordpress, symlinks patched, brand new.

    for sure something worth following.
     
    #8 tiff2342, Oct 2, 2012
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    How is it that this twitter user knows more about a security issue with Wordpress, than Wordpress? Can you link me to an actual statement by Wordpress on this?

    Thanks in advance.
     
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    Thank you for the link.

    From the exploit itself for reference here:

    So, you need to have your wordpress admin page open and be logged in. And then click a link someone sends you, or you find online for this to be an issue. I think.

    I would think @SolidSSecurity might try and convey this sort of message in 140 characters or less to be useful to it's followers. Instead, he's been posting about it since Sept 27, with vague warnings.

    And we have this thread.

    Thanks again for the link. This sort of thing should be made clear to users who comes across this thread.
     
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    No -- not based on the logs I've seen.

    This is the log of a hacked site:
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    GET /wp-admin/ HTTP/1.1
GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=stats&noheader&dashboard&width=574 HTTP/1.1
GET /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=dashboard-widgets&widget=dashboard_incoming_links HTTP/1.1
GET /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=dashboard-widgets&widget=dashboard_primary HTTP/1.1
POST /wp-admin/admin.php?page=stats&noheader&chart=flot-stats-data HTTP/1.1
GET /wp-admin/plugin-editor.php HTTP/1.1
GET /phpshell.php HTTP/1.1
    That all happened within 3 minutes.

    I don't know what was posted, however. In each case, the user altered things before I was called to the scene. And as you would guess, the users made things worse -- and covered the tracks of the hacker in the process.

    This is rather easily thwarted by having decent security on the site. Unfortunately, most users just deploy default, and do nothing other than add "security" plugins (NOT SECURITY!)

    This happened back on 8/30, so an exploit is at least a month old now. :(
     
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