No, it is not. Use esc_html__( ‘string’, ‘text_domain’ ) instead (two underscores). Translated strings are unknown input. Unknown input is per default malicious. You don’t know where the language file comes from. It doesn’t even have to be the one you provided, because the path can be filtered or changed with a symlink. Even if … Read more
ca-bundle.crt File It is an SSL Certificate file which WordPress uses as default for secure connections (https) when WordPress make request using HTTP API This file is used in /wp-includes/class-http.php file. It is a WordPress default file (never remove anything from WP core!) so removing it will cause problem for the class to work properly.
In a general sense, any well maintained platform can be used to to create a website with good security. It has to be noted that you will never build a website which is completely secured against hacking and spamming, no matter which platform you use and no matter what genius or pro you are. Hackers … Read more
I’d tackle this problem on three layers: plugins, core and filesystem. Most security problems arise via 3rd party plugins and themes, so as Ambitious Amoeba notes the best thing you can do is choose those wisely. You should also be sure to update to the latest version of WordPress, because they always patch the big … Read more
How to get WordPress to save upload file beyond web root [closed]
This is the most specific solution I could find as it disables only the single function being attacked. functions.php: function Remove_Unneeded_XMLRPC( $methods ) { unset( $methods[‘wp.getUsersBlogs’] ); return $methods; } add_filter( ‘xmlrpc_methods’, ‘Remove_Unneeded_XMLRPC’ ); found this at: http://www.cryptobells.com/more-wordpress-xmlrpc-brute-force-attacks/ For a broader solution there is a WordPress plugin called “Disable XML-RPC” which does precisely that, disables … Read more
After submitting the form and before redirecting to new page, reset the current user’s password. A simple wp_update_user(array(‘ID’ => $userid, ‘user_pass’ => ‘YourNewPaSSword’)); will do everything for you.
I would suggest to not use WP REST API for this purpose, since it’s being used on homepage and not any remote app/service. The REST API is supposed to grant access to any already publicly available data to a remote developer. Since you’re not providing any public data but registering users from homepage, Ajax might … Read more
What you’re doing at the moment is okay, but there are far far better ways to do it. The problem of man in the middle attacks here is that to insert yourself between wordpress.org and a server at a data centre is no easy task, so this scenario is very unlikely. However If you abandon … Read more
This maybe just a personal distinction but I consider: data validation to mean is the data ‘correct’? Is it what we expect? data sanitisation to mean is the data *safe to use * Though there can be some blurring, typically data validation will only occur when a user-input is taken, or some data is obtained … Read more