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Old 12-06-2007, 02:28 PM
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Default WordPress vulnerability?

Has anyone come across this issue?

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Old 12-06-2007, 04:16 PM
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Seems the answer is:
http://www.sueblimely.com/2007/12/06...-bad-behavior/
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Old 12-07-2007, 10:04 PM
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Wow, I can't believe a plugin is allowed to cause this much havok.
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Wow, I can't believe a plugin is allowed to cause this much havok.
It apparently was a silly error that the author of the plugin addressed almost the very next day. Things happen.

Bad Behavior is actually a pretty powerful spam filter, by the way. It's more accurate than Akismet, but works with it.
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Old 12-08-2007, 10:25 AM
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It apparently was a silly error that the author of the plugin addressed almost the very next day. Things happen.

Bad Behavior is actually a pretty powerful spam filter, by the way. It's more accurate than Akismet, but works with it.
Thanks for the insight
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The funny part is, the only solutuion was to delete the plugin file coz there is not way to login to deacitate it !!
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Bad Behavior is actually a pretty powerful spam filter, by the way. It's more accurate than Akismet, but works with it.
Thanks for the tip. I'll be sure to check it out!
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