Daniel Curran on August 8th, 2009
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WordpressHere is a little surprise I received upon returning from vacation. I was editing a blog and when I went to save the post an error popped up reading:

  • The server (our server domain, e.g. DOMAIN.COM) at Magic requires a username and password.

Well isn’t that special?

The problem is caused by the vars.php file located in the WP-INCLUDES folder. Someone did a SQL Injection (Read More Here) and added code to the file.

The fix is an easy one – 2 steps:

  1. Download a new version of the vars.php file from WordPress and replace the corrupted one. Look here – Simply choose your WordPress version
  2. Update WordPress to the latest version!

Normally, the files starts:

<?php
/**
 * Creates common globals for the rest of WordPress
 *
 * Sets $pagenow global which is the current page. Checks
 * for the browser to set which one is currently being used.
 *
 * Detects which user environment WordPress is being used on.
 * Only attempts to check for Apache and IIS. Two web servers
 * with known permalink capability.
 *
 * @package WordPress
 */

But after it has been “hacked” there is encrypted text reading something like:

eval(base64_decode("JGxsbD0wO2V2YWwoYmFzZT....

So once again, Look here – Simply choose your WordPress version, go to WP-INLUDES, download Vars.php and replace the one on your server. Then update WordPress for better security.

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  • 17 Responses to “WordPress Error: The server XYZ at Magic Requires a Username and Password.”

    1. Thanks so much, at last a place where things are explained clearly. I fixed the problem in 10 secs.

    2. thanks so much!!! great tutorial, saved my life

    3. You should have the Nobel Peace Price

    4. thank you SOOO much! you really helped me a TON!!

    5. This was GREAT! Newbie to WordPress and this was just what the doctor ordered. many thanks.

    6. This is what being a great citizen in the internet is.. Having an issue solving it and letting other people know in case they get into the same circumstance.
      Many Thanks

    7. Thank you for this bug fixing.
      in Turkish: Ellerin dert görmesin : )

    8. thanks you good education

    9. Thanks so much. I kill the problem!

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