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Originally Posted by loua_oz

Just remembered. In

./includes/config.php

there is hardcoded database name and password, in plain sight, unencripted

// ****** MASTER DATABASE USERNAME & PASSWORD ******
// This is the username and password you use to access MySQL.
// These must be obtained through your webhost.
$config['MasterServer']['username'] = 'dbname_admin';
$config['MasterServer']['password'] = 'unencripted_password';

Is that how it should be? Never seen that in my life.

That's normal because you should have an .htaccess or equivalent that denies access to files within the includes directory. Where else would you store it? You can't store it in the db because you need the db username and password to access the db.