Same problem in all wordpress updated sites. 2312 core files (wordpress 6.7) detected as Unknown file in WordPress core
+1
Also Siteground
Did a restore to pre 6.7 and now anything /wp-admin/* redirects to /wp-admin/upgrade.php?_wp_http_referer=%2Fwp-admin%2Fplugins.php which says:
“No Update Required
Your WordPress database is already up to date!”
“Continue” button redirects to homepage, front end, cannot access anything /wp-admin/.
Hello all –
Ok, so I have found that if you are using the Free version of Wordfence, the “Rules” are only updated every 30 days – which means that this is completely out of sync with the release of WP 6.7.
If you go to Wordfence -> All Options -> Advanced Firewall Options -> Manually Refresh Rules and then run a new Scan, this resolves the issue (tested one site thus far and seemed to do the trick).
Wordfence changed this a bit ago where the rules are only updated once every 30 days – not sure this was a great idea on Wordfence’s part.
@abuzon –
This is due to a caching plugin, our environment is using Redis Cache – which we had to manually FTP into the site and rename the object-cache.php file to disable it to regain access.
With Siteground’s own caching mechanism, you can probably just disable that in the backend to regain access again.
Hi @viablethought,
Great catch and fix. It worked. Thank you.
Your fix begs the following:
- Team Wordfence needs to pin a note to this support forum addressing this issue and the proper fix.
- Team Wordfence needs to update their plugin (i.e., code) to prevent this from happening again. As a minimum, the rules for Wordfence Free need to be updated — and made available immediately — for all future revisions of WordPress.
Again, thank you.