Are there any security risks with letting anyone subscribe?

  • Some of my WordPress sites get lots of people subscribing who do not seem to actually be interested in the content and thus are likely to be people attempting to hack the site.

    Is there any danger in having a site open to anyone who wants to subscribe take on the subscriber role? If there is no danger then why would these people subscribe? Are they just dumb bots subscribing everywhere they can and then hoping to discover a vulnerability to get more access?

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  • Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

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    There isn’t really any danger.

    If there is no danger then why would these people subscribe? Are they just dumb bots subscribing everywhere they can and then hoping to discover a vulnerability to get more access?

    Well … mostly that.

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