[wp-hackers] Themes Being Unofficially Distributed with Security Vulnerabilities - Time for an Official Theme Repository?

[Andrew Rivett]

Good point.  :)  I was thinking that they all made some obvious  
request, or included files not within the theme, so was wondering if  
they could be checked for outside image requests, etc.  Does anybody  
know of examples of these themes?

Andrew.


On 26-Nov-07, at 12:09 PM, Stephen Rider wrote:

> That sound a lot like:  Hey, viruses are a problem.  Can't we just  
> write a program to keep them off our computers?  ;)
>
> In other words, "Yes..... but...."
>
> Stephen
>
> On Nov 26, 2007, at 9:50 AM, Andrew Rivett wrote:
>
>> Is there any way to write a plugin or stand alone code to verify a  
>> theme does not contain these security vulnerabilities?
>>
>> On 26-Nov-07, at 1:21 AM, Ronald Heft wrote:
>>
>>> It has come to my attention that sites are beginning to unofficially
>>> distribute WordPress themes with security vulnerabilities injected  
>>> into
>>> them. As Derek Punsalan points out, many of these themes are  
>>> making sites
>>> spam zombies and the re-distributors are purchasing adwords to  
>>> bait more
>>> people.
>>> http://5thirtyone.com/archives/870
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