Title: EWW Image Optimizer Security Exploit
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# EWW Image Optimizer Security Exploit

 *  Resolved [jack772015](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jack772015/)
 * (@jack772015)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/eww-image-optimizer-security-exploit/)
 * Hi,
 * An exploit has been detected with EWWW Image Optimzier:
 * {HEX}php.base64.v23au.184 : /home/PATH TO SITE/public_html/wp-content/plugins/
   ewww-image-optimizer/languages/.option2.php
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Shane Bishop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nosilver4u/)
 * (@nosilver4u)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/eww-image-optimizer-security-exploit/#post-5962908)
 * What?? That file doesn’t even exist in the plugin. If it exists on your site,
   get rid of it right away, and have someone like Sucuri check your site out right
   away. You’ve been hacked…
 *  Thread Starter [jack772015](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jack772015/)
 * (@jack772015)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/eww-image-optimizer-security-exploit/#post-5962909)
 * Okay, thanks.

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 * Last reply from: [jack772015](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jack772015/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/eww-image-optimizer-security-exploit/#post-5962909)
 * Status: resolved