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WP Blog hacked...again! Can anyone tell me what this means?

by winebuddy
6 replies
I cleaned out all the files - they had a php hijack/virus and reuploaded everything.

Now - when I go to the blog (wordpress) or try to go to the admin panel - all I get it this:

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/i/t/s/its4real4u/html/members/wp-admin/index.php:2) in /home/content/i/t/s/its4real4u/html/members/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 866


Can you help me decipher this?
#blog #hackedagain #means
  • Profile picture of the author EndGame
    Hi,

    I can't tell you what the above means, but have you checked the permissions on your public html file?

    If they are set to 755, thats why you are getting hacked a lot. Set them to 750 and that should make things a lot more difficult for the hacker.

    I think that could be a mysql injection attack, but I am not overly sure. I have put up with loads of wp hack attacks and if you want a programmer to look over it for you and secure it, let me know, I know a good one who sorted my site out for a £100.

    If I can offer any help or assistance though, feel free to ask, I know how bad this crap is.
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  • Profile picture of the author wrcato2
    End game, that was some great advice. Also make sure you are updated with the latest word press version
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  • Profile picture of the author welshgirl2
    You need to go into wp-admin folder, and look for the index.php file. Open it and on the first line you will see this

    "<?php"

    Make sure there isn't any spaces or blank lines under this. If there is then delete them. Then look at the bottom of the file and look for this:

    "?>"

    Make sure there are no empty spaces after this.

    In other words start of your file should look like this:

    <?php
    /**
    * Dashboard Administration Panel
    *
    * @package WordPress
    * @subpackage Administration
    */
    and not this:

    <?php

    /**
    * Dashboard Administration Panel
    *
    * @package WordPress
    * @subpackage Administration
    */
    Make sure all you php files have no spaces after the "<?php" and after the "?>" at the end.

    EDIT: You are getting this message because you probably left some spaces in some of your php files when you were cleaning them out.
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  • Profile picture of the author winebuddy
    Welshgirl!!! You my girl! That was it - had some spaces in my search and replace thing - that fixed it right up!

    Thank you!
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    How to read error messages of the type

    Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/your-server-path/members/wp-admin/index.php:2)
    Always look at the last part before the closing bracket - in this case:
    wp-admin/index.php:2

    It tells you
    - the directory (wp-admin)
    - the file name (index.php)
    - the line number (#2)
    where to look for an issue.
    You can ignore the rest
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  • Profile picture of the author Dan Riffle
    Not to hijack the thread or take away from any of the other excellent comments, but I know I'm going to learn something useful whenever I see that Itsvan has commented in a thread.

    As such, I just wanted to give him a public thank you for all that he provides to this forum.

    ~riff
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