Title: WordPress hacked
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# WordPress hacked

 *  [Ninos Yacoub](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neoassyrian/)
 * (@neoassyrian)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-hacked-24/)
 * Hi all,
 * I was wondering how do I provide information to the wordpress staff about a possible
   security issue in wordpress.
 * Our site was recently hacked, and it was up to date.
 * Cheers

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 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-hacked-24/#post-6311019)
 * That is unfortunate, do you know how to replicate the vulnerability?
 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-hacked-24/#post-6311044)
 * > I was wondering how do I provide information to the wordpress staff about a
   > possible security issue in wordpress.
 * If you can reproduce the problem with proof of concept code then you can report
   the issue to WordPress following this guide.
 * [https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/reporting-security-vulnerabilities/](https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/reporting-security-vulnerabilities/)
 * However… that’s not what’s happened here. 😉 This is the important part from 
   that article.
 * > If you’re having an issue with your own self-hosted WordPress.org site that
   > is not a security issue, then please use the WordPress.org support forums.
 * Your site was hacked and that happens for a number of reasons. 99.994% of the
   time (I totally made that number up, it’s probably higher than that) the server
   or your theme or your add-on plugin was the cause.
 * If you need support for your site then please consider starting a support topic
   via this link.
 * [https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting#postform](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting#postform)
 * I’m sure someone can help you there if you do.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-hacked-24/#post-6311044)
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