Title: WordPress security issue?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# WordPress security issue?

 *  [Gabi Linko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gabi-linko/)
 * (@gabi-linko)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-security-issue-2/)
 * I noticed that this website jailbreakiphone4shack.com (also others)is _abusing_
   some websites running on WordPress to create some illicit back-links. All the
   infected websites have a code/script
    _[Code moderated. Please do not post hack
   code blocks in the forums. Please use the [pastebin](http://wordpress.pastebin.com/)]_
 *  stuffed in the header. These links are hidden from visitors and are stealing
   page-rank.
 * Do a simple search in [Google](https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en&tab=mw#hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=http:%2F%2Fjailbreakiphone4shack.com&oq=http:%2F%2Fjailbreakiphone4shack.com&gs_l=hp.3..0i13i30j0i8i13i30.2519.3646.1.3924.2.2.0.0.0.0.75.145.2.2.0.les%3Bcqn%2Ccconf%3D1-2%2Cmin_length%3D2%2Crate_low%3D0-035%2Crate_high%3D0-035%2Csecond_pass%3Dfalse%2Cnum_suggestions%3D2%2Cignore_bad_origquery%3Dtrue%2Conetoken%3Dfalse..0.0...1c.2j1.kOshR7Frv1A&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&fp=1bb21ec738712d4&bpcl=38897761&biw=1280&bih=583)
   you will notice how many websites are infected through this method.
 * My question: is this a WordPress security issue?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-security-issue-2/#post-3219251)
 * No. Those sites will have been hacked for various reasons.
 *  [Viscosity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/viscosity/)
 * (@viscosity)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-security-issue-2/#post-3219268)
 * Catch no balls. You must be clear you are refering to attack vector or infestor
   using wordpress. They are totally difference.

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 * In: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/)
 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Viscosity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/viscosity/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-security-issue-2/#post-3219268)
 * Status: not resolved

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