The log-in credentials are processed in wp_signon(), and if they are valid wp_set_auth_cookie() will send a cookie in the HTTP response body. The name of that cookie is set in a constant named SECURE_AUTH_COOKIE or AUTH_COOKIE. Both names start with wordpress_. But they don’t have to. You can define these constants in your wp-config.php and … Read more
Wordfence should be adequate to protect your wordpress back-end from being bruteforced. However, I guess the answer to this would depend on how it got hacked in the first place. It could be related to plugins/wordpress not up to date, badly coded plugins, insecure code, bad server configuration, etc. I’d find the root cause of … Read more
Regardless of whether you registered new_var as a query_var, all GPC data (GET, POST, COOKIE) should be considered tainted. Basically, this data is user input. This means that you will need to clean and validate the data anyway. Common cleaning methods include casting the variable to a certain type (like integer or string), using a … Read more
Yes, and yes, RIPS is an excellent tool to do both. You can use it to check the quality of your WordPress themes and plugins or any other WordPress theme and plugin. RIPS is a static code analysis tool to automatically detect vulnerabilities in PHP applications. By tokenizing and parsing all source code files RIPS … Read more
Some are attempting to leave their links behind, they believe the quantity not quality approach will actual help increase SEO rankings. The other reason would be affiliate marketing garbage links trying to make a penny.
When WordPress logs you in, it creates a cookie on your system to keep you logged in if you want. However, being logged in from another location doesn’t have much meaning in this context. When you go back to your WP site, WordPress will check for the existence of this authentication cookie on your system. … Read more
Yes it is unsafe, though not for the reasons you think. DO NOT DO THIS. If your developers can upload a PHP file to your site that gets executed, then that PHP file can undo all other security measures that you put in place. The location of the file is irrelevant. Functionally, there is no … Read more
The Symptoms you mentioned in your question and comment indicates that you might have compromised / nulled plugin or theme that deployed some sort of shell bomb. Its possible that there might be multiple malicious files in your main domain, add-on domains and subdomains. Its also possible that your default core wordpress files might also … Read more
I resolve this disabling “Modsecurity” in Cpanel.
use this https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-htaccess-editor/, if you are not willing to use any plugin, understand the code and implement in functions.php or your own custom plugin. cheers.