{"id":226,"date":"2012-11-21T03:55:32","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T03:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gigapros.com\/blog\/?p=226"},"modified":"2018-05-28T10:25:34","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T10:25:34","slug":"hackers-defaced-wordpress-sites-thru-piratedfree-themes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gigapros.com\/blog\/hackers-defaced-wordpress-sites-thru-piratedfree-themes\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackers defaced WordPress sites thru pirated themes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week we have seen a wave of &#8220;bulk defacing&#8221; of WordPress websites by some group of hackers. This have happened to many web hosting providers in the industry. After investigation, we have found that the hacker found a vulnerability in the wordpress theme to inject his SQL code and deface the home page of the blog. This is NOT a server-level vulnerability issue and is only specific to WordPress blogs that have a theme specific vulnerability . <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.host1plus.com\/blog\/6-hack-warnings-you-should-know-about-free-wordpress-themes-and-plugins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to read the article that explains this vulnerability.<\/p>\n<p>In most of these cases, the customer was using free\/pirated wordpress theme, which had a backdoor. This backdoor was programmed to be auto activated at certain date\/time and notify the hacker of the site&#8217;s presence. When the hacker have got hold of enough websites, they started defacing them to gain &#8220;popularity&#8221; in the hacker&#8217;s community (<a href=\"http:\/\/hack-db.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>click here<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to see).<\/p>\n<p>To fix your hacked website, you need to login to your WP admin and change the site&#8217;s title (which contains the hacker&#8217;s signature). Moreover, you may have to update index.php of your WordPress with a fresh file. We strongly advice to use themes purchased from reputed sellers. The free\/pirated themes may have backdoors and that&#8217;s why hackers publish them for free.<\/p>\n<p>Another way to fix this issue is to restore your website from a clean backup that you may have. 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