Title: Gutenberg hackable?
Last modified: October 3, 2018

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# Gutenberg hackable?

 *  Resolved [jefferisp7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jefferisp7/)
 * (@jefferisp7)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gutenberg-hackable/)
 * I have 2 sites where I recently installed Gutenberg on WP current sites.
 * Both started getting spam injections in posts and pages I am wondering if Gutenberg
   is a potential problem?

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 *  [Neel Gajjar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neelgajjar/)
 * (@neelgajjar)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gutenberg-hackable/#post-10744779)
 * Hello,
 * Have never heard on any spam injections on gutenberg.
 * Try Installing security plugin like wordpress or sucuri.
 * Hope it solves the issue.
 *  [danthefan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danthefan/)
 * (@danthefan)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gutenberg-hackable/#post-10745233)
 * gutenberg itself is only a extension to wordpress. it should not introduce any
   security issues. if you have spam injection, then you have a general security
   problem.
 *  [Gary Pendergast](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pento/)
 * (@pento)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gutenberg-hackable/#post-10746653)
 * Thanks for bringing this up, [@jefferisp7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jefferisp7/)!
   We haven’t had any security reports of issues along these lines, the Gutenberg
   plugin doesn’t touch the REST API authentication mechanisms, so it’s unlikely
   to be the cause of any security issues you’re running into.
 * Additionally, there are security experts (both part of the WordPress community,
   and external) who are currently auditing the plugin for any potential issues.
   Should anything come up, we’ll get fixes out as quickly as possible.
 * In the mean time, we have some advice on cleaning up your site that I’d encourage
   you to read:
 * [https://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked](https://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked)

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Gary Pendergast](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pento/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gutenberg-hackable/#post-10746653)
 * Status: resolved

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