So…
Somehow the permissions on wp-comments-post.php got changed and was giving anyone trying to leave comments an error.
Funny… it hasn’t stopped the spammy comments from getting posted. How DO they DO that?
If you tried to leave a comment on my last post proclaiming that I am indeed alive, feel free to leave another one. Or something.
Michael Faris | 28-Sep-07 at 5:01 pm | Permalink
Yeah, when I have shut off comments on a wordpress blog before, it hasn’t even stopped the spam. I don’t get how these little robots do some much havoc.
Glad to hear you’re alive!
emily | 29-Sep-07 at 10:03 am | Permalink
Yeah. it’s crazy.
I didn’t shut off comments though… just magically the permissions got reset on that file. *shrugs*
Jan | 05-Nov-07 at 2:24 pm | Permalink
.. the spam gets through by using other files.
The function ‘wp_new_comment’ which adds the comment to the database, is used in the following wordpress files:
* /xmlrpc.php -> line 1239
* /wp-trackback.php -> line 93
* /wp-comments-post.php -> line 51
(Reference: http://wordpress.taragana.net/_functions/wp_new_comment.html)
Blocking ‘wp-comments-post.php’ leaves the other 2 routes available.
emily | 06-Nov-07 at 1:27 am | Permalink
Thanks for the insight Jan. :)