Spam injection hack: Upgrade and tighten WP now!

ronnie · 2008-04-19, 12:23 PM

So, it seems the only possible solution or only thing that might help is to disable akismet? That's how they get in right? Curious how they disable a plug-in from the out side. Or I did'nt read enough..

Bill · 2008-04-19, 04:27 PM

Well, I found and deleted that entry in the DB, and teh flood of comment spam instantly stopped - and I'd been getting 10 or 20 an hour.

I haven't updated WP yet, but should get to it tonight.

akismet was listed as not activated, as were dofollow and a few other minor plugins - no plugins were activated when I checked.

akismet seemed to crash when I activated it - white screen with error messages - but the blog behaved fine afterwards, and no spam.

I'm hoping an upgrade will make teh blog healthy. Guess i should tighten up the security a bit too, using matt cutts suggestions.

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2008-04-19, 12:23 PM	#1
ronnie Wheither you think you can or you think you can't, Your right. Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: midwest Posts: 2,274	So, it seems the only possible solution or only thing that might help is to disable akismet? That's how they get in right? Curious how they disable a plug-in from the out side. Or I did'nt read enough..

2008-04-19, 04:27 PM	#2
Bill Selling porn allows me to stay in a constant state of Bliss - ain't that a trip! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,914	Well, I found and deleted that entry in the DB, and teh flood of comment spam instantly stopped - and I'd been getting 10 or 20 an hour. I haven't updated WP yet, but should get to it tonight. akismet was listed as not activated, as were dofollow and a few other minor plugins - no plugins were activated when I checked. akismet seemed to crash when I activated it - white screen with error messages - but the blog behaved fine afterwards, and no spam. I'm hoping an upgrade will make teh blog healthy. Guess i should tighten up the security a bit too, using matt cutts suggestions.