[dba-Tech] WordPress Question(s)

[Stuart McLachlan]

In my case, PHP 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2 are all options on the web server.
(I generally use 5.6)


On 22 Sep 2018 at 11:28, Peter Brawley wrote:

> Jim,
> 
> On 9/21/2018 1:52, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> > There may still be some active zero day bugs in the WP system but
> > the article you presented was from 2016, so hopefully things have
> > improved in two years.
> 
> As Stuart's link 
> (https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/09/21/wordpress_flaws_attacked/)
> illustrates, scammers & hackers rely on such hopefulness, with much
> success.
> 
> PHP release x.y+1 may plug vulnerabilities in PHP x.y, but PHP x.y
> wo't disappear. Many hosting providers offer PHP version choice,
> sometimes back to 4.x. WP is often used mainly because the user thinks
> she has better things to do than attend to low-level details like PHP
> version upgrades. Indeed that fact contributes to WP being an
> attractive target for hackers.
> 
> PB
>