Title: Security warning
Last modified: May 22, 2025

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# Security warning

 *  [John](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dsl225/)
 * (@dsl225)
 * [11 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-warning-21/)
 * In case someone reads this, I’m getting this warning on WP 6.8.1 with PHP 8.3
   at a site only, while other sites with same config don’t get it (different servers):
 *     ```wp-block-code
       Warning: escapeshellarg() has been disabled for security reasons in /wp-content/plugins/backupwordpress/classes/backup/class-backup-engine-file-zip.php on line 167
       ```
   

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 * Last activity: [11 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-warning-21/)
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