Flaw In Wordpress?

Jeff Casmer · 2nd Jan 2013, 01:24 PM

Hello,

Thought this would be of interest...

http://mashable.com/2013/01/01/plug-in-flaw-wordpress/

Take care
Jeff Casmer

Allen Lundy · 2nd Jan 2013, 01:45 PM

Jeff.

This is really good information. Thanks for the share.

While it's not actually WordPress that has the flaw, it's an independent Plugin, W3 Total Cache (W3TC), that is the culprit.

While I use a different plugin WP Super Cache to help speed my site up, it's good to know information for those using this specific plugin.

Allen

Patrician · 2nd Jan 2013, 05:36 PM

Interesting - thanks Jeff - deactivated!

This looks like an opportunity to reiterate what I have said so many times to people - ANY PLUG-IN, WP VERSION, OR THEME THAT IS OUT OF DATE IS VULNERABLE TO A HACKER.

Go figure they are often the ones that discover a breach - and they exploit it just because they can.

So whenever you see anything that says there is an upgrade available - JUST DO IT!

Right Now. It takes under 1 minute and about 3 clicks -

squadron · 4th Jan 2013, 07:23 AM

Originally Posted by Jeff Casmer

Hello,

Thought this would be of interest...

http://mashable.com/2013/01/01/plug-in-flaw-wordpress/

Take care
Jeff Casmer

Good info. I also have switched to Quick Cache. The more plugins you have, the more open your site is to attack.

kreitje · 4th Jan 2013, 02:48 PM

There is a comment in there that there was a fix prior to the article being released. Hopefully this is the case and people are updating it.

Though my experience with clients and their WordPress sites, they don't update them even when it's as simple as clicking a link.

Marketer Matt · 7th Jan 2013, 12:09 PM

Be careful with that plugin. If you do deactivate it, make sure you undo all of the things it does to your site. It's probably a good idea to remove your cache folder and double check your .htaccess to make sure everything is looking alright.

Trent Brownrigg · 7th Jan 2013, 07:11 PM

Seems like there's always something vulnerable in WP. It has a lot of security issues.

Malcolm Tindle · 23rd Jan 2013, 07:30 AM

Originally Posted by Jeff Casmer

Hello,

Thought this would be of interest...

http://mashable.com/2013/01/01/plug-in-flaw-wordpress/

Take care
Jeff Casmer

Thanks for the heads up on that Jeff,

regards,

Mal.

yukon · 23rd Jan 2013, 07:35 AM

The biggest security flaw on WP is end users that think they need to install everything as a plugin when a lot of times a simple copy/paste in the theme template files will work.

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