Title: Security
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Security

 *  Resolved [freshpie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/freshpie/)
 * (@freshpie)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-50/)
 * Hey there,
 * We’re long time plugin users and appreciate your work. Happened to stumble upon
   these articles (below) and became concerned. Has this been addressed? Can you
   provide some insight?
 * Thanks
 * [http://www.pcworld.com/article/2888011/over-a-million-wordpress-sites-at-risk-thanks-to-wp-slimstat-plugin.html](http://www.pcworld.com/article/2888011/over-a-million-wordpress-sites-at-risk-thanks-to-wp-slimstat-plugin.html)
 * [http://www.pcworld.com/article/2907312/fbi-says-supposed-isis-sympathizers-exploiting-wordpress-plugins.html](http://www.pcworld.com/article/2907312/fbi-says-supposed-isis-sympathizers-exploiting-wordpress-plugins.html)
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-slimstat/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-slimstat/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Jason Crouse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coolmann/)
 * (@coolmann)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-50/#post-7438402)
 * Dear freshpie,
 * please note that the vulnerability mentioned in your first link is **about 18
   months old**. That was addressed right away when we were contacted by Sucuri,
   and no new vulnerabilities have been discovered ever since. Security is very 
   important for us, and we always follow coding best practices when implementing
   new features or extend existing ones. Rest assured that whenever a new issue 
   has been brought to our attention, we have acted immediately to release a patch
   or alert our community.
 * Best,
    Jason.

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