Title: securing 2.5
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# securing 2.5

 *  Resolved [jwesseldyke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwesseldyke/)
 * (@jwesseldyke)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/securing-25/)
 * I’m reading with interest — and horror! — all the security issues everyone is
   having… So, I’m just curious about something…
 * I have three separate 2.5 installs on different domains… Assuming I’m done editing
   theme files, and 1 of the 3 sites are set up to allow the uploading of images
   by it’s two authors for use in posts…
 * What should files/folders be chmod’d to so they’re less vulnerable, but still
   allow WP to function appropriately?
 * J

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 *  [Jeremy Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeremyclark13/)
 * (@jeremyclark13)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/securing-25/#post-746601)
 * This is what is recommended in the codex.
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions)
 * You should also read over the hardening wordpress codex page for other security
   guidelines.
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress)
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/securing-25/#post-746603)
 * > _I have three separate 2.5 installs on different domains_
 * At the moment, there are no known security issues with WordPress 2.5.
 * Some of the issues reported have shown indications that the users in question
   were hacked prior to upgrading, and the hackers left themselves an entry point
   in the form of an extra user on the blog. This is why it’s vitally important 
   to keep regular backups, so that a successful intrusion cannot leave behind traces
   like this, after you restore and harden the system.
 *  Thread Starter [jwesseldyke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwesseldyke/)
 * (@jwesseldyke)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/securing-25/#post-746607)
 * Thank you both, you have been most helpful

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 * [chmod](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/chmod/)

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 * Last activity: [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/securing-25/#post-746607)
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