Title: WordPress Vulnerability?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# WordPress Vulnerability?

 *  [s_a_m](https://wordpress.org/support/users/s_a_m/)
 * (@s_a_m)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-vulnerability-1/)
 * Hi,
 * I’ve recently seen a site running the latest version of wordpress hacked. It 
   appears be a deface of the theme and from searching on Google I found a youtube
   video from the hacker who shows exactly how he is hacking wordpress websites.
 * _[link removed]_
 * I don’t really understand what he’s doing, but I believe somebody on this forum
   will understand and know how to protect against it.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-vulnerability-1/#post-2297303)
 * Please see [FAQ_Security](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Security).
 *  Thread Starter [s_a_m](https://wordpress.org/support/users/s_a_m/)
 * (@s_a_m)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-vulnerability-1/#post-2297324)
 * Can I ask why the link to the youtube video has been removed?
 * I thought this was a really useful video showing a potential threat which blog
   owners could learn from.
 * Whilst the FAQ’s for security are helpful they do not directly tell me or other
   how to protect themselves against the threat, which appears to have impacted 
   many many sites.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-vulnerability-1/#post-2297472)
 * > Can I ask why the link to the youtube video has been removed?
 * The very last thing you do with a possible security issue is to publicise the
   hackers guide.
 * > they do not directly tell me or other how to protect themselves against the
   > threat,
 * They tell you how to report a security issue.
 *  [fonglh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fonglh/)
 * (@fonglh)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-vulnerability-1/#post-2297492)
 * > they do not directly tell me or other how to protect themselves against the
   > threat,
 * See [http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress)
 * And [http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked)
   tells you how to recover from an attack.
 * The right way to report possible vulnerabilities is to send an email to security[
   at] wordpress.org

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 * Last activity: [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-vulnerability-1/#post-2297492)
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