[wp-hackers] New (to me) Cracker Attempt

[Brian Meidell]

install.php could time out by comparing it's creation date to the 
current time.

/Brian

Randy Peterman wrote:

> I got a new query term from Google:
> inurl: "/install.php" 
> <http://www.google.com/search?q=inurl%3A+%22%2Finstall.php%22>
> Which concerns me, not because they can toy with my WP install, but 
> because it means that new people just thinking, "Let me try WordPress 
> out." may upload the files and then say, "I'll do that later."  Later 
> could be too late as someone could have defaced their page.  I know 
> this isn't a real threat to the 5 minute install, but it is in the 
> case of the n00b.  Any thoughts?
>
> Regards,
> Randy Peterman
>
>
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