Strange link

  • Resolved Oldthom

    (@oldthom)


    12 years, 1 month ago

    I have just noticed that one of my posts on my blog (oldish post) now has a link to a PPI site run by someone called Paul Mason. I certainly didn’t put it there and I can’t seem to remove it. I have tried deleting all the text in the post leaving just the heading but when I go to ‘View Post’ the text and the link are still there. Can anyone help? I have Wordfence, is there another plug in that would stop people being able to put links into a post. The link is in the text and doesn’t show up when I try to edit the post but is there when anyone looks at the post itself.
    Sorry this is so long, panicking a bit!

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  • Evan Herman

    (@eherman24)

    12 years, 1 month ago

    Can we see a link to the site, to check what the link may be?

    I believe people can hack your site and add links and all sorts of stuff through XSS attacks, but I’m not 100% and I’m certainly no security expert. I’m not sure of any plugins that could prevent this. I think this happens with the way your forms, input fields etc. escape the HTML content before submitting it to the database.

    Thread Starter Oldthom

    (@oldthom)

    12 years, 1 month ago

    Hello Evan,
    The roque Link is
    http://www.alphacase.co.uk
    The link to my post is http://oldthoms-curios.co.uk/roundness/
    Thanks

    Evan Herman

    (@eherman24)

    12 years, 1 month ago

    I’m not seeing the link anywhere on your post or in the source code. Is it still there?

    Thread Starter Oldthom

    (@oldthom)

    12 years, 1 month ago

    Hello Evan, I had tried to delete the text. I have put it back now and the link is still there

    Evan Herman

    (@eherman24)

    12 years, 1 month ago

    can you attach a screenshot? I’m not seeing it.

    Thread Starter Oldthom

    (@oldthom)

    12 years, 1 month ago

    Okay now to reveal my ignorance. I don’t really know how to take a screenshot. I think it is the prt sc button but where is the image stored?

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    12 years, 1 month ago

    You can upload it straight to the web http://snag.gy

    Evan Herman

    (@eherman24)

    12 years, 1 month ago

    Yea, what Andrew has said. You can really use any free image hosting site, and then just paste the URL here.

    Thread Starter Oldthom

    (@oldthom)

    12 years, 1 month ago

    Blimey! Learning all the time!
    Thanks Andrew
    The link is (I hope) http://snag.gy/fl576.jpg

    Evan Herman

    (@eherman24)

    12 years, 1 month ago

    Have you published that post yet? I don’t see any of that text on the page when I click it. All I see is the title and image.

    Thread Starter Oldthom

    (@oldthom)

    12 years, 1 month ago

    Yes. I have just looked again and reloaded the page, the text is there but it is above the image now

    Evan Herman

    (@eherman24)

    12 years, 1 month ago

    Have you tried deactivating all plugins and checking? Strange issue, seems like it may be coming from a plugin.

    Yea I’m able to see it now , after refreshing my browser.

    Thread Starter Oldthom

    (@oldthom)

    12 years, 1 month ago

    This is getting weird, The image you just showed me is what happened when I deleted the text to see if the link would go away. I put the text back and the link is still there. Can you see it in the screenshot?

    Thread Starter Oldthom

    (@oldthom)

    12 years, 1 month ago

    I started to deactivate plugins but now W3 cache (i didnt deactivate W3 Cache)is giving the message

    W3 Total Cache Error: some files appear to be missing or out of place. Please re-install plugin or remove /home/oldth940/public_html/wp-content/object-cache.php.

    Evan Herman

    (@eherman24)

    12 years, 1 month ago

    Yea W3 total cache is a wierd plugin as it required specific declerations in certain files and such. I keep finding stuff related to that link on google, but nothing telling me what it is or how it got there.

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