Is it possible for malware/security attacks to cause white screen of death?

  • curiositykillsthecat

    (@curiositykillsthecat)


    9 years ago

    I know WSoD can be caused by plugins/themes/coding, but I’m wondering if it is possible for malware/security attacks to cause white screen of death?

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  • A2BCool

    (@a2bcool)

    certainly, WSoD can be caused by malware.

    generally, WSoD can be caused by fatal errors in php with error reporting turned off (which is normal in production sites). Any malware/compromise that adds bad php code into a file will cause 500 errors. by turning on WP_DEBUG in wp-config.php and in your php.ini, fatal errors caused by bad code will present themselves.

    Also, runnnig out of memory is a very likely cause of WSoD, or a general server misconfiguration with php.

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