Wordfence keeps finding nonexistent file.

  • Resolved LifeLibertyVA

    (@lifelibertyva)


    7 years, 4 months ago

    Each time I run a scan, Wordfence flags a file that doesn’t seem to exist. I’ve looked for the file via ftp and it’s not there. When I try to delete the file via Wordfence’s warning, I get the following error:

    An error occurred
    An invalid file was requested for deletion.

    I’m including the warning below. Would love to remove this and have a clean scan. Thanks in advance for any assistance.

    Unknown file in WordPress core: wp-includes/js/tinymce/langs/clases.php.php
    Filename: wp-includes/js/tinymce/langs/clases.php.php
    File Type: Core
    Severity: Warning
    This file is in a WordPress core location but is not distributed with this version of WordPress. This is usually due to it being left over from a previous WordPress update, but it may also have been added by another plugin or a malicious file added by an attacker.

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  • Thread Starter LifeLibertyVA

    (@lifelibertyva)

    I think I resolved the issue!

    Hi,
    Maybe this was an old scan result? or a caching problem? I would appreciate if you can share the solution to this case.

    Thanks.

    Thread Starter LifeLibertyVA

    (@lifelibertyva)

    I would love to, but honestly, I don’t know why it resolved. I ran a scan 2 weeks ago and it picked up that result, among many others. I bulk-removed the bad files, but when I rescanned, that one remained. I tried accessing the file via ftp (not there) and I believe I also cleared my cache at that point, but another scan returned the same results, so I ignored it and figured I’d address it again in a week.

    Wordfence messaged me that there were new bad files. This time I found the script that was causing the issue, removed the new bad files and rescanned. That one file still remained. I believe I cleared my cache at that point and scanned again, but it was still there, so I opened this support question. I don’t recall exactly what I did next – I think I cleaned up another file, or stopped ignoring a core file or something, but the next scan was clean. Sorry I don’t have a better answer. I will be sure to document it if it occurs again. Thanks for a great plugin and for your follow-up!

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