wp-admin/wp-security-audit-log-debug-xxxxx.log

  • Resolved Tamsin Carter

    (@tamsin-carter)


    3 years, 4 months ago

    Hi Wp Activity. My security plugin has alerted me of a file which is in the wp-admin directory and is not a wordpress core file. It seems to be related to this plugin. The file is wp-admin/wp-security-audit-log-debug-xxx[date].log The content of the file is this:

    [xxdate timexxx UTC]
    Event with code 5006 has not be registered.
    Current memory usage: xxxxxxx

    It doesn’t seem harmful but I wanted to check if this is expected behaviour from your plugin? and if so why is it in the wp-admin directory?

    Thank you.

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  • Plugin Support robertabela

    (@robert681)

    3 years, 4 months ago

    Hello @tamsin-carter

    Thank you for getting in touch. Is WP Activity Log installed on your website or not?

    The plugin does not create log files in the /wp-admin/ directory. Any log files it creates are created in the /uploads/ directory. What that could have been is someone contacted our support and asked them to do some debug.

    Having said that, our plugin never creates files in the /wp-admin/ directory, so that must have been moved there by someone. Also, such files are only created after manually switching some debugging options in the plugin, which is usually instructed by our support team.

    So you can safely delete that file. Also, as a tip; log files can never be malicious since they are non-executable files.

    I hope the above helps. Should you have any more questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

    Have a great day.

    Plugin Support robertabela

    (@robert681)

    3 years, 4 months ago

    Hello @tamsin-carter

    Someone else reported a similar issue (support ticket), so we have looked into the code and there is an edge case bug here. Thank you for reporting this.

    Can you please download the support patch of the plugin which includes the fix?

    Let us know if there is anything else we can assist you with.

    Moderator Jan Dembowski

    (@jdembowski)

    Forum Moderator and Brute Squad

    3 years, 4 months ago

    Someone else reported a similar issue (support ticket),

    @robert681 This has been discussed with you before and you continue to make this mistake. Stop calling support topics “tickets”. It is an important distinction that you are refusing to comply with.

    Please stop doing that.

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