Title: WordPress core files modified (398)
Last modified: November 13, 2023

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# WordPress core files modified (398)

 *  Resolved [headstwogether](https://wordpress.org/support/users/headstwogether/)
 * (@headstwogether)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-core-file-modified-11/)
 * Good evening,
 * I have recently started admin help on a head and neck cancer charity WordPress
   site. I am a cancer survivor and helping the organisation.
 * We have had an issue with cross site SQL injection on all the album links for
   about 4 months, I think I found the issue today and this no longer seems to be
   a problem. 
   However I have just run a WordFence scan and have 398 WordPress core
   file modified.
 * What could be causing this?
    -  This topic was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by [headstwogether](https://wordpress.org/support/users/headstwogether/).

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 *  Plugin Support [wfmark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfmark/)
 * (@wfmark)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-core-file-modified-11/#post-17198860)
 * Hello [@headstwogether](https://wordpress.org/support/users/headstwogether/),
   and thanks for reaching out to us!
 * If you could navigate over to **Wordfence > Scan **page, find these results, 
   click on them to expand the details, then screenshot them for me to review. You
   can post them here if you remove the sensitive data or send them to [wftest@wordfence.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-core-file-modified-11/wftest@wordfence.com?output_format=md).
 * Also, can you send a diagnostic report to **wftest @ wordfence.com**? You can
   find the link to do so at the top of the **Wordfence Tools > Diagnostics** page.
   Then click on **“Send Report by Email”**. Please add your forum username where
   indicated and _respond here after you have sent it._
 * Thanks!
 * Mark
 *  Thread Starter [headstwogether](https://wordpress.org/support/users/headstwogether/)
 * (@headstwogether)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-core-file-modified-11/#post-17201112)
 * Hi Mark,
 * I sent the diagnostic report and a couple of screen shots, every one i’ve checked(
   there are 389 so only a couple) shows no differences when I click that button.
 * Could these be false positives? If so how do I rectify?
 * Thanks
 *  Thread Starter [headstwogether](https://wordpress.org/support/users/headstwogether/)
 * (@headstwogether)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-core-file-modified-11/#post-17204868)
 * hi Mark,
 * Did you receive the diagnostic report and email? Are these false positives?
 *  Plugin Support [wfmark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfmark/)
 * (@wfmark)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-core-file-modified-11/#post-17239686)
 * [@headstwogether](https://wordpress.org/support/users/headstwogether/),
 * Apologies for the late response. We did receive your report, however, we couldn’t
   find anything that could explain these scan results. Everything looks good.
   Have
   you tried running the scan again? I have seen cases where running the scan again
   clears them. I’ve seen updates or backup restores come up with this sort of result
   that’ll clear once all the files and current versions all match up.
 * Let me know if this is the case.
 * Thanks,
 * Mark

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