Title: Spam posts without registration
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Spam posts without registration

 *  [krackerjaxz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/krackerjaxz/)
 * (@krackerjaxz)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-posts-without-registration/)
 * Today I received a notification from my WP blog that there was a comment for 
   moderation. The comment was nothing more than one of those pathetic spam for 
   a pharmacy website. The issues, though, was this comment was pending approval
   even though I have WP set to require all users to login before being able to 
   post a comment.
 * I logged in to my WP and trashed the comment but I’m still wondering if WP is
   set to only allow comment posting when logged in how a comment could be there
   when no user registered. In the user database I’m the only user.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-posts-without-registration/#post-2086758)
 * Spam bots tend to access the comments.php file directly – bypassing any controls.
 *  Thread Starter [krackerjaxz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/krackerjaxz/)
 * (@krackerjaxz)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-posts-without-registration/#post-2086910)
 * I never knew that. Is there a way to prevent that?
 * After looking over things it appears that the matter was a bit more benign than
   I first anticipated. It appears it wasn’t actually a bypassing of security. It
   was nothing more than a spammer sending spam via a pingback.
 * Spam was traced and all responsible ISPs/Hosting providers contacted. One of 
   the hosting providers was a well-known and reputable one. Have yet to hear anything
   from the ISP or other hosting provider.
 * Did a search and appears the particular IP of the ISP has a history of spamming.
   So, if I hear nothing then I’ll just ban that ISPs IP block via cPanel. No skin
   off my buttox.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [krackerjaxz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/krackerjaxz/)
 * Last activity: [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-posts-without-registration/#post-2086910)
 * Status: not resolved

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