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61. salsa_81
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Ive read this topic multiple times and just am not sure what to do. I do have the "seetos" code in my index.php so i must have been attacked by the same hackers as the rest of you. But the only problem i have is that i cannot edit blog posts or pages.

    Honestly, I have never done anything with my "database" and the only things I do with my site are add blog posts and information through pages. I access my FTP server through FireFTP (firefox).

    Luckily I am personal friends with the person who does my webhosting. Would you suggest I ask him to do a "backup restore" since I have not changed any themes, plugins or anything pretty much since i set up the site a few years ago? Will that affect any .jpg files that were uploaded to my FTP server a few days ago? Please excuse my ignorance as i have never done anything with the database, i only add/delete files on my FTP server.

    It is extremely frustrating not being able to edit any posts or pages so any help you can offer is greatly appreciated. I also found this post, which is recent - http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1337791 this person said his post table was crashing. how could i investigate that?

    thank you!!

62. esmi
    Theme Diva & Mod
    Posted 2 years ago #

    If you've been hacked, the following thread contains some very good advice:

    http://wordpress.org/support/topic/268083?replies=5

63. PerlaAdams
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    In my case the things get worse,

    The yahoo people just take the simple solution: they delete my blog, and now they said contact wordpress for a new installation. and then ask wordpress to assit you to reinstall the backup.

    Conclusion: I am searching for a new Web Hosting, I can't belive that the yahoo representative ask me for my pass so he can delete the blog.

    I hope you have better luck

    Bye, bye

64. daspark
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Hey all, I had the exact same problem as all of you.

    Couldn't save or publish.

    All I did was delete this new file created, akismet.new, and that solved my problem. Everything is working fine now.

    Although, it does concern me that it's been compromised. I'm going to definitely upgrade as well.

65. piltdownman
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Salsa -

    I know this can be terribly frustrating for many people. You just want the stupid thing to WORK! And truthfully, I don't think you should have to be a code wizard to keep it up and running, but this sort of things happens all the time, every day, all across the web. I have another site which has been hacked/defaced several times.

    Here is a link to the blog that helped me the most.

    http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/06/08/patching-the-wordpress-anyresultsnet-hack/

    Even if you can't get into your database, it might point you to some of the evil files that are now hiding within your public_html FTP space. If you friend is going to help, I'd point them there as a primer in how to fix this problem. Then change all passwords....

    If you'd like me to help, I'd be glad to.

    Pilt

66. atomicskate
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    I was starting to be desperate, having read many posts about our common problem, and still hadn't found any solution...
    But, finally, I managed to solve it ;-)

    On the following post:
    http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/06/08/patching-the-wordpress-anyresultsnet-hack/
    the author recommends to go to the wp_options table, find a row containing this string: “rss_f541b3abd05e7962fcab37737f40fad8″.
    He specified: "You will see several other similar strings. Do not delete them"
    Actually, you CAN delete all the other “rss_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx″ rows (I've found 15 rows in my table).
    I've deleted them all and... now I'm able to save / publish / edit my posts again!

    I just hope that such kind of attack won't happen too often, because actually it seems that no solution exists to prevent these attacks (upgrading to a new version of WordPress seems to be useless)

    Just FYI, previously I've also:
    - scanned all the directories with an antivirus: nothing detected
    - tried to find suspect ".jpg" files. nothing found
    - some people had ".new" on their plugin directory. I didn't find any on my server
    - desactivated askimet & all the other SEO, spam, etc... plugins: no changes detected (ie it was still impossible to edit / save)
    - checked the cache of my browsers. no changes detected (ie it was still impossible to edit / save)
    - checked my .htaccess files, wp-blog-header.php file, themes files: they were all clean
    - checked the wp_options table: nothing was suspicious in the active_plugins record (ie nothin like: "../uploads/2008/05/04/jhjyahjhnjnva.jpg")

67. pdclark
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    ANOTHER SOLUTION

    I was exhibiting similar symptoms as listed in this thread, but on a WP 2.7.1 development site that had worked fine for a month or so. Couldn't save or create Pages, Posts, or even Users. Like others, tried multiple browsers, disabling all plugins, cache, cookies, and even a clean WordPress install then a database import. Nothing in index.php was out of the ordinary, nor was there any reason to think an unpublished site would be hacked.

    Long story short, the problem for me ended up being that the "auto_increment" attribute had disappeared from the ID field in each table of the database (!!!!). All the default WP tables except for wp_term_relationships should have auto_increment set on their ID fields. With it gone, the ID for any save defaulted to 0, causing all sorts of craziness. Adding "auto_increment" back in and deleting any rows with ID "0" that had been added in while I was trying to figure things out seems to have resolved the problem.

    An SQL Query to make the appropriate changes all at once is:

    ALTER TABLE wp_comments CHANGE comment_ID comment_ID BIGINT( 20 ) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT;
    ALTER TABLE wp_links CHANGE link_id link_id BIGINT( 20 ) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT;
    ALTER TABLE wp_options CHANGE option_id option_id BIGINT( 20 ) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT;
    ALTER TABLE wp_postmeta CHANGE meta_id meta_id BIGINT( 20 ) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT;
    ALTER TABLE wp_posts CHANGE ID ID BIGINT( 20 ) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT;
    ALTER TABLE wp_term_taxonomy CHANGE term_taxonomy_id term_taxonomy_id BIGINT( 20 ) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT;
    ALTER TABLE wp_terms CHANGE term_id term_id BIGINT( 20 ) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT;
    ALTER TABLE wp_usermeta CHANGE umeta_id umeta_id BIGINT( 20 ) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT;
    ALTER TABLE wp_users CHANGE ID ID BIGINT( 20 ) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT;

    Plugins I had active when the issue occurred:

    Blogroll Page
    Constant Contact Widget
    FirePHP
    Menubar (recently upgraded)
    NextGEN Custom Fields
    NextGEN Gallery
    TinyMCE Advanced
    Use Google Library Javascript
    WP Minify

    Plugins that weren't active, but I auto-upgraded:

    Mass Page Maker
    Wordpress Navigation List Plugin NAVT

68. conanh
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    pdclark, thanks for the update and your solution. I've been experiencing the same thing others in this topic have but, like you, none of my files were changed and my database was fine.

    However, my tables still have the auto_increment setting on the ID columns.

    Also, I'm only having problems saving/posting when the posts include some kind of formatting, such as bold or including an image.

    I really don't think I have a hacker problem since I just wiped out all of the files & replaced them with the 2.8 beta2, as well as installed a clean 2.7.1 elsewhere with the same problem. Another user on the same account (but different subdomain) also just installed WP and is unable to post.

    So perplexing...

69. blogcel
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Hi! I have the some problem. After upgrading to 2.8, I can't save new or edit posts. The visual edit box and buttons appear for me and it work, but, whem I click on publish or upgrade, the post content is blank; it desappear.

    I checked that the database is fine. The ID fields are there. If I try to alter to HTML mode on edit page, don't go.

    Can anyone help me please?

    P.S: Sorry my poor english! I'm brazilian.

70. blogcel
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Hey! Using IE, I see that are a javascript error. IE says:

    Line: 1008
    Caracter: 3
    Error: 'edButtons.length' is null or is not a object
    Code: 0
    URL: http://blogcelular.info/wp-admin/post-new.php

    Can this error cause the problem with save new/edited posts?

71. ironicjester
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    I have seen these similar problems on my web-hosted site but on my own "server" at home there are no problems at all with posting

    running 2.8 on hosted site but on my "server" at home i'm running 2.7.1 because 2.8 crashes my "server" at home

72. daerchwing
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Having similar problems - on one site, I can't post after upgrading to 2.8 (title is saved, content isn't), but on my other sites (on different hosting) works ok.
    I can add content through phpMyAdmin (editing "post_content" in wp_posts), but that's currently the only possibility I have.

73. blogcel
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Hi.

    I deactivated all plugins and activated one by one.

    So, I discovered that the problem was the plugin "Use Google Libraries". After deactivated it, the problem was resolved.

    Now WP 2.8 works fine.

74. daerchwing
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    I solved my problem by adding
    define('CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS', false );
    near the top of my wp-config.php

75. true8
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Thank you atomicskate - for me I deleted everything in that looked like “rss_f541b3abd05e7962fcab37737f40fad8″ - and it works. Thanks again.

76. tomwhitt1
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    I am new to all this and trying to get up my first site. It is very frustrating. Unlike many of you, i am able to post, add pages and edit blogs. My problem is in the visual editor. Any changes i make will revert back to previous settings/design when i attempt to save. I cannot add leafs, change colors or layout. My host just did a clean upgrade to the latest version and it did not help. Anyone else having a similar problem? Most seem to be having trouble posting.

77. naumanx2
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    My WordPress is also not publishing a post, or editiding a post. it makes no draft.

    what should i do

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