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We use WordPress for our website development. Unfortunately with its popularity comes hackers. One of our clients websites was hack for black hat SEO purposes. They found a back door in the WordPress Software and put links to websites using various keywords. Here is what the WordPress Hack Looked Like:
“<!–s–><u style=”display:none”><a href=”http://movietraff.com/”> download movies </a>
<a href=”http://movietraff.com/”> dvd movie download </a>
<a href=”http://movietraff.com/”> download a movie </a>
<a href=”http://movietraff.com/”> download DVDRip movie </a>
<a href=”http://www.cissa.org/story/?id=16-157-3″>juarez chihuahua</a>
<a href=”http://www.cissa.org/story/?id=16-157-80″>labrador mix retriever</a>
<a href=”http://www.cissa.org/story/?id=16-157-23″>german shepherd pictures</a>
<a href=”http://www.cissa.org/story/?id=16-157-68″>australian shepherd rescue</a>
<a href=”http://www.cissa.org/story/?id=16-157-16″>golden retriever</a>”
<a href=”http://www.cissa.org/story/?id=16-157-86″>for sale dogs</a>
<a href=”http://www.cissa.org/story/?id=16-157-14″>american cocker</a>
<a href=”http://www.cissa.org/story/?id=16-157-47″>german shepherd puppies</a>
<a href=”http://www.cissa.org/story/?id=16-157-83″>labrador retriever</a>
<a href=”http://www.cissa.org/story/?id=16-157-76″>hunting dogs</a>
<a href=”http://www.cissa.org/story/?id=16-157-69″>teacup chihuahuas for sale</a>
To see if you have been hacked view your websites page source. Do this by using firefox, go to view then to page source.
If you have become a victim of this Word Press Hack here is few things you can do:
- Remove the older versions of the WordPress Software through FTP ( be sure to back up you files before you do this, you can always up load the hack version if necessary.)
- Remove All Plugins
- Download and Install Version 2.8.3 of WordPRess
- Download and install all the updated plugins that you use
- Change your database password
- Change your password on the config.php file.
- Upload your old theme
- Upload Your new plugins
- Change all Users passwords.
- Look through the PHP code of the theme you are using to see if there is anything that looks suspicious.
Hope that helps you with this WordPress Hack!
WordPress Hacked Link Injection Solution
Look for
class-rss.php and feed-atom2.php
Files in wp-includes folder
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