Has Someone Hacked My Wordpress Login???

by the_icon

Posted: 13 years ago 21 replies

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Hey all

Have been getting multitudes of new users registering on my article directory site and decided that I would go into the admin and see how many registered users I had, as I dont really maintain it.

However whenever I click on the bookmark, it says the saved password is not recognised. I havent changed it obviously and one thing I did notice was the bookmark address now suddenly says this

http://articlepc.com/wp-login.php?re...in%2F&reauth=1

Instead of articlepc.com/wp-login.php

I tried typing in the address manually and got the same response.

Whenever I type in a password I know it isnt, I get a Firefox message coming up saying "Do you want to change the stored password?". Now whenever I type in the password I am 99.9% sure it is, then it doesnt give me that option, which leads me to believe something is very much wrong.

Any ideas?

#hacked #login #wordpress

ecoverbee20 13 years ago

I had a similar problem its a database error so either contact your host or you will need to go into php admin

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- the_icon 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by ecoverbee20
  
  I had a similar problem its a database error so either contact your host or you will need to go into php admin
  
  Thanks
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  Cheers, if I contact my host what do I say? Sorry if it sounds noobish lol
  
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Mo Goulet 13 years ago

Did you change your user name in your cpanel by any chance?
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- the_icon 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by proapc
  
  Did you change your user name in your cpanel by any chance?
  
  No, username the same
  
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  scott g 13 years ago
  
  Just use Filezilla to edit/replace the files on your server! Oh the beauty of simplicity! ....I'm referring to Wordpress.
  
  CHEERS!
  
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Mo Goulet 13 years ago

Go into your server and right click the following ...wp-config.php ...there you'll see your db user name and db password.
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- the_icon 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by proapc
  
  Go into your server and right click the following ...wp-config.php ...there you'll see your db user name and db password.
  
  By server do you mean FTP client? Or C Drive? Or C Panel?
  
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- ecoverbee20 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by proapc
  
  Go into your server and right click the following ...wp-config.php ...there you'll see your db user name and db password.
  
  The following works or just tell your host your problems like you listed here
  
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the_icon 13 years ago

Right, found the file in my FTP but has no mention of my WP Admin login, just my CPanel login details.
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the_icon 13 years ago

Gator chat here I come
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paulie888

13 years ago

If you can't log into your WP control panel at www.yoursite.com/wp-admin, just reset the password, i.e. click on the "Lost your password?" link and follow the instructions to reset it.

Paul

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the_icon

13 years ago

Originally Posted by paulie888

If you can't log into your WP control panel at www.yoursite.com/wp-admin, just reset the password, i.e. click on the "Lost your password?" link and follow the instructions to reset it.

Paul

Doesnt let me, says the username cant be found and the email address is buggered by the mail function not being set up. Gator man on the case, hopefully he can get it working.

Want to know why suddenly jumping to over 100 new users each day for last few days from only around 10 per day previous month

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paulie888

13 years ago

Originally Posted by the_icon

Could you try setting up your email address as webmail within hostgator, and then try to retrieve your password again?

Paul

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the_icon 13 years ago

Originally Posted by paulie888

Could you try setting up your email address as webmail within hostgator, and then try to retrieve your password again?

Paul

Gator help guy just in the middle of resetting it as we speak. Though hope he can tell me why it fekd up in the first place
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- Crew Chief 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by the_icon
  
  Gator help guy just in the middle of resetting it as we speak. Though hope he can tell me why it fekd up in the first place
  
  So what was the outcome?
  
  Was your site hacked, infected or user error?
  
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- paulie888 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by the_icon
  
  Gator help guy just in the middle of resetting it as we speak. Though hope he can tell me why it fekd up in the first place
  
  For future reference, you can do this yourself without tech help. All you basically need to do in the worst case scenario is delete your email account, and then recreate it.
  
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Devid Farah

13 years ago

I would definitely e-mail the host. It's almost definitely an error on their end - if it recognizes your correct password (responds differently to it, as you say), then nobody hacked your account, because they would have changed that password!
So don't worry.. contact your host and they'll work it out with you.

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Crew Chief

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Devid farah

It could have been something as simple as a user error. Guess we will never know what the actual issue was because the OP has left those who want, to hypothesize.

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the_icon 13 years ago

Apologies for the delay in getting back. Was goggle eyed by the time I'd finished with Gator guy. End outcome was he was able to reset the password for me. So was able to get in and reset password then put my own one back in.

However he wasnt able to offer an explanation on what had happened. Like devid says, it recognized the correct password (ie Firefox didnt offer to change stored password like it did for stupid attempts that defo werent the password) so it was probably an error on their part. Tho its a shame they couldnt come up with anything.
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13 years ago

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Crew Chief

13 years ago

Originally Posted by the_icon

Apologies for the delay in getting back. Was goggle eyed by the time I'd finished with Gator guy. End outcome was he was able to reset the password for me. So was able to get in and reset password then put my own one back in.

However he wasnt able to offer an explanation on what had happened. Like devid says, it recognized the correct password (ie Firefox didnt offer to change stored password like it did for stupid attempts that defo werent the password) so it was probably an error on their part. Tho its a shame they couldnt come up with anything.

It is too bad the issue couldn't be pinpointed.

Just for future reference, make your self less visible to prying eyes...

*For your user name dump the standard, "admin"

*Your user name as well as your password should include uncommon characters such as: $ % _ # ! ? *

*You password should be at least 18 characters.

Giles, the Crew Chief

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