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Opened 7 years ago
Closed 7 years ago
#47462 closed defect (bug) (invalid)
Someone keeps gaining access to my site as an admin
| Reported by: | madecker12 | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | Security | Version: | 5.2.1 |
| Severity: | normal | Keywords: | |
| Cc: | Focuses: |
Description
I have a potential hacker (dreamsbadtoyou2@…) that has somehow added themselves as an admin to my website. I do not have the box checked under general settings that even allows someone to request permission, but they were still able to set themselves up as an admin. I took them off, checked the box and set the default role to blocked, but they tried again and were successful in making themselves an admin. This is a HUGE problem that I haven't encountered before and it needs to be addressed immediately.
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Hello @madecker12, welcome to WordPress Trac!
I'm sorry that your site seems to be hacked. Unfortunately we can't help you with your hacked site here. Please follow the steps mentioned on https://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked or try our support forums at https://wordpress.org/support/forums/.
In case you have found a a security vulnerability in WordPress please read https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/testing/reporting-security-vulnerabilities/.