Title: Spammer script subversion
Last modified: August 18, 2016

---

# Spammer script subversion

 *  [ahhh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ahhh/)
 * (@ahhh)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spammer-script-subversion/)
 * Any comments on this from CNET:
 * “
    Another vulnerability to consider by Laise Brown – 01/12/06 03:19 In reply
   to: Additional advice from our members by Lee Koo (ADMIN) Moderator
 * Most responsible ISPs are clamping down on spammers, so they’re looking for other
   ways to distribute their junk mail. If ANY of the forms on your site generate
   an email message, you need to double-check that the scripts behind them can’t
   be subverted into sending a mail message injected by the user, to addresses injected
   by the user. If they can, guess whose mail gateway’s going to be blacklisted?
 * Don’t assume that the the spammer has to use your form. There’s nothing easier
   than to set up an automat that generates Post requests with ANY data. I’ve seen
   attempts of this nature with 99 bcc: addresses as a ‘response’ to the ‘Country’
   select box, or 10 links to pornographic sites in the field that theoretically
   corresponds to a radio button.
    “
 * There are forms/scripts in WordPress I guess responsible for generating emails
   when members subscribe or comment . . . are they safe???

The topic ‘Spammer script subversion’ is closed to new replies.

## Tags

 * [blacklisting](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/blacklisting/)
 * [junk](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/junk/)
 * [WPadvanced](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wpadvanced/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 0 replies
 * 1 participant
 * Last reply from: [ahhh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ahhh/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spammer-script-subversion/)
 * Status: not resolved

## Topics

### Topics with no replies

### Non-support topics

### Resolved topics

### Unresolved topics

### All topics