Why Didn't Wordfence Catch This?

  • Resolved lisa3876

    (@lisa3876)


    9 years, 2 months ago

    I’m a premium subscriber to Wordfence and it was pretty upsetting that I had to find the malware file myself. It was located in the wp-admin folder and I’m wondering why Wordfence didn’t catch the file when it did a scan of the WordPress core files. Fortunately I’m savvy enough with an FTP program that I was able to locate the file by the date (didn’t match the other files) But if this file was indeed located in the core WordPress installation folder then why didn’t the scan catch it? I did have the option checked to scan core WordPress files. Something like this makes me wonder about the value of paying for this?

    Thanks!

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  • Hi,

    I’m sorry to hear you are having a problem. Please contact Premium Support at https://support.wordfence.com and your issue will be looked into. Per forum rules, we are not allowed to provide support for paid products on the WordPress forums.

    Thanks,
    Brian

    I too found some malicious files in the wp-admin folder that Wordfence missed, and like Lisa I became suspicious of them because of the date on the files. They are not part of the WP core files per se, but obviously in a core folder. I had hoped WF would find them with literally every option in “Scans to include” checked except for binary/image files.

    I’m not a premium subscriber, but in the interest of improving WordFence, how can I “report” these files?

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