Dashboard Failure

  • Keller Bear

    (@keller-bear)


    10 years, 9 months ago

    I can’t for some reason get access into the wp-admin dashboard. When I attempt to do so I get the following message:

    Warning: require_once(./admin.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/coco3883/public_html/wp-admin/index.php on line 12

    Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘./admin.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/lib/php’) in /home/coco3883/public_html/wp-admin/index.php on line 12

    Could this be a case of a Brute Force Attack? Virus? Hacking? Bad installation?

    The website is: http://www.completeequestrian.com.au/

    Any information would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!!

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    10 years, 9 months ago

    Why are you using an old copy of WordPress? Were you aware that your site is currently running a very real risk of being hacked. You need to upgrade WordPress asap by:

    – switching to the default theme by renaming your current theme’s folder inside wp-content/themes and adding “-old” to the end of the folder name using FTP or whatever file management application your host provides.

    – resetting the plugins folder by FTP or phpMyAdmin.

    – backing up your database

    – re-uploading all files & folders – except the wp-content folder – from a fresh download of WordPress. Make sure that you delete the old copies of files & folder before uploading the new ones.

    – running the upgrade manually via wp-admin/upgrade.php

    Thread Starter Keller Bear

    (@keller-bear)

    10 years, 9 months ago

    Thank you so much for your quick reply!

    Well to be honest I’m not running it. I was hired to do some graphics and the client got someone else in charge of the installation and web side of things. The client was freaking out about not able to login so I said I would have a little look into it. My knowledge is fairly limited so I wouldn’t have been able to to spot that…but the web guy should have by the sounds of it.

    So I know to look for that in future is that information somewhere in the head tags?

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    10 years, 9 months ago

    If you’re referring to the version number, it can be in the <head></head> section of a page’s source markup but that very much depends upon the theme you are using.

    Thread Starter Keller Bear

    (@keller-bear)

    10 years, 9 months ago

    Thank you! I will relay this information to the client!

    P.S. I won’t mark this topic as resolved just yet if that is ok, but I imagine your initial post should do the trick!

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