Title: [Plugin: WP-Syntax] security problem in folder contrib?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: WP-Syntax] security problem in folder contrib?

 *  Resolved [evilripper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evilripper/)
 * (@evilripper)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-syntax-security-problem-in-folder-contrib/)
 * Some days ago my blog was attacked probably by hashscanner, they inserted some
   malware code in core files of wordpress… Now I am searching where is the problem
   and in the possibles causes there is this exploit:
    [wp-syntax-exploit](http://www.mondounix.com/wordpress-plugin-wp-syntax-default-installation-cross-site-scripting-xss/)
   Now I removed the folder, 🙂 bye
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-syntax/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-syntax/)

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 *  [msquarci](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msquarci/)
 * (@msquarci)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-syntax-security-problem-in-folder-contrib/#post-3111680)
 * Thanks for notifying 🙂
 *  Plugin Author [Steven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shazahm1hotmailcom/)
 * (@shazahm1hotmailcom)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-syntax-security-problem-in-folder-contrib/#post-3111688)
 * Removed in the next release coming soon.
 *  Thread Starter [evilripper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evilripper/)
 * (@evilripper)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-syntax-security-problem-in-folder-contrib/#post-3111690)
 * thanks!
    ps I discovered that my problem was in a apache bad config! 🙂

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 * [WP-Syntax](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-syntax/)
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 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [evilripper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evilripper/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-syntax-security-problem-in-folder-contrib/#post-3111690)
 * Status: resolved