Comments on: Vulnerable WordPress Blogs Not Being Indexed

By: Vladimir

Vladimir — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:57:51 +0000

What was even more interesting was the fact that some of these hacks and exploitations might have come from covert and encrypted code hidden in various themes available for free over the web. The moral of this story is that you need to upgrade your WordPress blog now to WordPress 2.5.

I’m afraid I can’t agree with you. I don’t see any logic. If you upgrade your WordPress installation and keep on using that “bad theme”, it won’t solve your problems - because that “covert and encrypted” will still be present in the theme.

The solution here is to patch the theme in question (or don’t use it at all).

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By: Uncle Che

Uncle Che — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:49:21 +0000

I am using Wordpress 2.5.1 so i don’t think vulnerability has anything to do with my blog not being indexable. I can’t claim it with technorati. I feel this is weird. Can someone help PLEASE? Thanks

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Should You Upgrade WordPress? — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:01:06 +0000

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By: Ro

Ro — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:31:24 +0000

it’s not database stuff — you just
1. create a database
2. copy and paste database name, user and pass into WP config
3. run install script
done

By: Val

Val — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:38:41 +0000

Thanks for the great info! Link posted on my blog in appreciation.

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Housekeeping Items | Christopher Hedges — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:01:18 +0000

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By: mccormicky

mccormicky — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:41:00 +0000

@Syd you’re not lame! Loads of folks rely on Fantastico. You don’t have to do any database stuff-wp takes care of that for you automatically after the new files are uploaded(you have to login to the admin to have it happen but that’s it)

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By: Syd

Syd — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:22:39 +0000

I’d love to update, but I’m waiting for my host to update fantastico, cause I’m lame and don’t understand how to set up the database stuff.

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