Wordpress

Pierluigi Paganini May 06, 2023
WordPress Advanced Custom Fields plugin XSS exposes +2M sites to attacks

A reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability is the Advanced Custom Fields plugin for WordPress exposed over 2 million sites to hacking. Assetnote researchers discovered a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-29489 (CVSS score: 6.1), in the Advanced Custom Fields plugin for WordPress. The ACF field builder allows users to quickly and easily add fields to […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 22, 2023
Abandoned Eval PHP WordPress plugin abused to backdoor websites

Threat actors were observed installing the abandoned Eval PHP plugin on compromised WordPress sites for backdoor deployment. Researchers from Sucuri warned that threat actors are installing the abandoned Eval PHP plugin on compromised WordPress sites for backdoor deployment. The Eval PHP plugin allows PHP code to be inserted into the pages and posts of WordPress […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 24, 2023
Critical flaw in WooCommerce Payments plugin allows site takeover

A patch for a critical vulnerability in the WooCommerce Payments plugin for WordPress has been released for over 500,000 websites. On March 23, 2023, researchers from Wordfence observed that the “WooCommerce Payments – Fully Integrated Solution Built and Supported by Woo” plugin had been updated to version 5.6.2. The WooCommerce Payments plugin is a fully integrated […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 15, 2023
AdSense fraud campaign relies on 10,890 sites that were infected since September 2022

The threat actors behind a massive AdSense fraud campaign infected 10,890 WordPress sites since September 2022. In November 2022, researchers from security firm Sucuri reported to have tracked a surge in WordPress malware redirecting website visitors to fake Q&A sites via ois[.]is. The experts were tracking the campaign since September 2022, the campaign’s end goal was black […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 25, 2022
Experts warn of attacks exploiting WordPress gift card plugin

Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical flaw in the YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards Premium WordPress plugin installed by over 50,000 websites. Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-45359 (CVSS v3: 9.8), affecting the WordPress plugin YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards Premium. The YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards Premium plugin allows websites of online stores to […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 14, 2022
Massive Black hat SEO campaign used +15K WordPress sites

Experts warn of a malicious SEO campaign that has compromised over 15,000 WordPress websites to redirect visitors to fake Q&A portals. Since September 2022, researchers from security firm Sucuri have tracked a surge in WordPress malware redirecting website visitors to fake Q&A sites via ois[.]is. The campaign’s end goal appears to be black hat SEO aimed at […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 14, 2022
Threat actors are actively exploiting a zero-day in WPGateway WordPress plugin

Threat actors are actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the WPGateway premium plugin to target WordPress websites. The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team reported that threat actors are actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2022-3180) in the WPGateway premium plugin in attacks aimed at WordPress sites. The WPGateway plugin is a premium plugin that allows users of […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2022
A study on malicious plugins in WordPress Marketplaces

A group of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology discovered malicious plugins on tens of thousands of WordPress sites. A team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology has analyzed the backups of more than 400,000 unique web servers and discovered 47,337 malicious plugins installed on 24,931 unique WordPress websites. The experts studied […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2022
Fake DDoS protection pages on compromised WordPress sites lead to malware infections

Threat actors compromise WordPress sites to display fake Cloudflare DDoS protection pages to distribute malware. DDoS Protection pages are associated with browser checks performed by WAF/CDN services which verify if the site visitor is a human or a bot. Recently security experts from Sucuri, spotted JavaScript injections targeting WordPress sites to display fake DDoS Protection pages […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 15, 2022
Experts warn of attacks on sites using flawed Kaswara Modern WPBakery Page Builder Addons

Researchers spotted a massive campaign that scanned close to 1.6 million WordPress sites for vulnerable Kaswara Modern WPBakery Page Builder Addons. The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team observed a sudden increase in attacks targeting the Kaswara Modern WPBakery Page Builder Addons. Threat actors are attempting to exploit an arbitrary file upload vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-24284. The […]