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Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months ago

Backdoor slipped into multiple WordPress plugins in ongoing supply-chain attack

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Backdoor slipped into multiple WordPress plugins in ongoing supply-chain attack

arstechnica.com

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Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months ago

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Malicious updates available from WordPress.org create attacker-controlled admin account.

Malicious updates available from WordPress.org create attacker-controlled admin account.

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To quote directly from the article:

The five plugins are:

Social Warfare (https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-warfare/) - 30,000 installs

BLAZE Retail Widget (https://wordpress.org/plugins/blaze-widget/) - 10 installs

Wrapper Link Elementor (https://wordpress.org/plugins/wrapper-link-elementor/) - 1,000 installs

Contact Form 7 Multi-Step Addon (https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-multi-step-addon/) - 700 installs

Simply Show Hooks (https://wordpress.org/plugins/simply-show-hooks/) - 4,000 installs

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