Title: Published security issues withe this plugin
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Published security issues withe this plugin

 *  [freerange](https://wordpress.org/support/users/freerange/)
 * (@freerange)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/published-security-issues-withe-this-plugin/)
 * An article was just published (not by me) with security issues that impact this
   plugin
 * See [http://thehackerblog.com/auditing-wp-db-backup-wordpress-plugin-why-using-the-database-password-for-entropy-is-a-bad-idea/](http://thehackerblog.com/auditing-wp-db-backup-wordpress-plugin-why-using-the-database-password-for-entropy-is-a-bad-idea/)
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-db-backup/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-db-backup/)

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 * Last reply from: [freerange](https://wordpress.org/support/users/freerange/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/published-security-issues-withe-this-plugin/)
 * Status: not resolved