wp-config files changed

  • dlechner

    (@dlechner)


    9 years ago

    In the email summary of security activity that I get from wordfence I’ve seen that the wp-config file has been changed in several of my websites in the past few days….but I don’t see any way to “look at the changes or revert to the original” from my wordfence dashboard. When I run a scan I get “Congratulations you have no problems”. Nothing looks wrong with my site. Everything is up to date. Should I be worried?

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  • WFBrian

    (@wfbrian)

    Hi,

    Do you have a backup you can compare to? Here is some information on securing wp-config.php.

    https://www.wordfence.com/learn/how-to-harden-wordpress-sites/#securing-your-database

    After reading, try to determine if someone could have accessed wp-config.

    Hope that helps,
    Brian

    Thread Starter dlechner

    (@dlechner)

    Hi Brian,
    I compared several of the wp-config files with backups and they don’t look like they’ve been changed at all…but I keep getting new messages from wordfence saying that other sites I have also have changed wp-config files. I paid some guy who is a whiz at helping with hacked sites $80 to check my main site and he didn’t find anything wrong. Now I’m also getting notices that error logs have been changed. I’m getting kind of freaked out. Could wordfence be comparing a version number on the wp-config or something like that? Is anyone else reporting that the wp-config has been changed? Over the past month I’ve had about 12 sites report that the wp-config file has been changed.

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