Title: Balada Fix
Author: vladanrs
Published: <strong>March 26, 2026</strong>
Last modified: March 26, 2026

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# Balada Fix

 By [vladanrs](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vladanrs/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/balada-fix.1.1.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/balada-fix/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/balada-fix/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/balada-fix/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/balada-fix/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/balada-fix/)

## Description

Balada Fix protects your site from unauthenticated abuse of specific WordPress REST
API endpoints. Such endpoints (for example the tagDiv theme’s `wp-json/tdw/save_css`)
are often targeted by the “Balada Injector” and similar campaigns to inject malicious
scripts.

 * Add one or more REST path patterns in **Settings  Balada Fix** (one per line).
 * Only logged-in administrators with the `edit_theme_options` capability can access
   those paths.
 * Unauthenticated or unauthorized requests receive a 403 Forbidden response.

Default protected path: `tdw/save_css` (tagDiv / Newspaper theme vulnerability).

## Screenshots

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 * Screenshot installed plugin

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin files to `/wp-content/plugins/balada-fix/`, or install through
    WordPress Plugins  Add New  Upload.
 2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen.
 3. Go to Settings  Balada Fix to review or add blocked paths (one per line, e.g. `
    wp-json/tdw/save_css` or `tdw/save_css`).

## FAQ

### Which paths should I add?

Add the REST path that is known to be vulnerable and should only be used by admins.
Example: `tdw/save_css` for the tagDiv Composer / Newspaper theme. You can use the
full path like `wp-json/tdw/save_css` or the short form `tdw/save_css`.

### Will this break my theme?

No. Legitimate use (when you are logged in as an administrator) continues to work.
Only unauthenticated or non-admin access to the listed paths is blocked.

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[Clean and easy](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/clean-and-easy-34/)󠁿

 [vladan92](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vladan92/) March 26, 2026

Works perfect!

 [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/balada-fix/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Balada Fix” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ vladanrs ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vladanrs/)

[Translate “Balada Fix” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/balada-fix)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/balada-fix/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/balada-fix/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/balada-fix/) by 
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/balada-fix/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.1.0

 * Added Settings  Balada Fix page to configure blocked paths.
 * Support for multiple paths (one per line).
 * Default path: tdw/save_css.

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release. Blocked unauthenticated access to tdw/save_css.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1.0**
 *  Last updated **2 months ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.9.4**
 *  PHP version ** 7.2 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [injector](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/injector/)[rest-api](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/rest-api/)
   [security](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/security/)[wp-json](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wp-json/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/balada-fix/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ vladanrs ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vladanrs/)

## Support

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