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christofd
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How to Keep WordPress Secure
As I understand - the issue is that WordPress allows in-browser editing of PHP code.
If you only allow people to edit standard HTML, then this issue would go away.
photomatt
on Sept 6, 2009
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That's not the issue here -- the worm doesn't require any files to be writable.
christofd
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ah, thanks for the info!
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If you only allow people to edit standard HTML, then this issue would go away.