Title: Update Needed Security issues.
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Update Needed Security issues.

 *  Resolved [dynamitemarketing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dynamitemarketing/)
 * (@dynamitemarketing)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-needed-security-issues/)
 * Hi Guys, Recently I did a outgoing link check and found a bunch of random outgoing
   links to car sites etc. After inspecting the database I found them all in the
   reviews section of your plugin. It looks like robots can get in and plant links
   OR you guys had put them there in the original plugin.
 * the table wp_mdp_reviews was the culprit.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/mdp-local-business-seo/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mdp-local-business-seo/)

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 *  Thread Starter [dynamitemarketing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dynamitemarketing/)
 * (@dynamitemarketing)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-needed-security-issues/#post-4724733)
 * PS they are not at a wp user level so they are not visible from the plugin settings
   page for reviews. They seem to be in the database
 *  Thread Starter [dynamitemarketing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dynamitemarketing/)
 * (@dynamitemarketing)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-needed-security-issues/#post-4724931)
 * Hello?
 *  [Don](https://wordpress.org/support/users/d_random/)
 * (@d_random)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-needed-security-issues/#post-4724968)
 * Thanks for the heads up.
    What damage can this cause a website that uses this
   plugin?
 *  [Don](https://wordpress.org/support/users/d_random/)
 * (@d_random)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-needed-security-issues/#post-4724969)
 * I looked at my database at the wp_mdp_reviews table and saw nothing, but I just
   installed the plugin. It does not appear to be populated by the plugin author.
 *  Plugin Author [christopherdubeau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/christopherdubeau/)
 * (@christopherdubeau)
 * [11 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-needed-security-issues/#post-4724999)
 * The auto generated reviews have 3rd party information to give authenticity to
   the reviews.

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## Tags

 * [seo spam](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/seo-spam/)

 * 5 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [christopherdubeau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/christopherdubeau/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-needed-security-issues/#post-4724999)
 * Status: resolved