File Change Alerts Despite Exclusions in Solid Security Basic

  • Resolved peabodydigital

    (@peabodydigital)


    1 month, 1 week ago

    Hi Support Team,

    I have Solid Security Basic installed on one of my client’s WordPress sites, and file change scanning is enabled. I have excluded the following files and folders from the scan:

    • /wp-content/plugins
    • /wp-content/themes
    • /wp-content/advanced-cache.php
    • /wp-content/object-cache.php
    • /wp-content/cache
    • /wp-content/uploads

    Despite these exclusions, I received an email notification this morning regarding three file changes with the following details:

    File Change Details:

    • Type: Warning
    • Description: 0 Added, 0 Removed, 3 Changed
    • Timestamp: 2024-09-12 12:10:36
    • User: WP-Cron Scheduled Task

    Changed Files:

    • wp-content/uploads/really-simple-ssl/843fc05dc3500141df72c4cd3ed0a89b/core.json
    • wp-content/uploads/really-simple-ssl/843fc05dc3500141df72c4cd3ed0a89b/components.json
    • wp-content/uploads/really-simple-ssl/843fc05dc3500141df72c4cd3ed0a89b/manifest.json

    It seems that these files under /wp-content/uploads/really-simple-ssl were flagged, despite the uploads folder being excluded. Could you help clarify why these files were detected and how I can prevent this from happening in the future?

    Thanks for your assistance!

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  • Plugin Support chandelierrr

    (@shanedelierrr)

    Hi @peabodydigital, glad you reached out!

    To clarify, it’s not possible to exclude wp-content/uploads directly, which explains why the file changes within that folder was still detected.

    You may exclude directories inside of wp-content/uploads like wp-content/uploads/2023 or by adding the JSON media file type inside the “IGNORE FILE TYPES” section.

    I hope this helps!

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