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Plugin vulnerabilities exploited in traffic monetization schemes

🗓️ 26 Mar 2019 15:00:00Reported by Jérôme SeguraType 
malwarebytes
 malwarebytes🔗 blog.malwarebytes.com👁 165 Views

Plugin vulnerabilities exploited in traffic monetization schemes. Sucuri's report notes rise in WordPress infections to 90% in 2018 due to attacks on third-party plugins and themes, leading to redirection of traffic for monetization using high profile vulnerabilities like WordPress GDPR, Easy WP STMP, and Social Warfare

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26 Mar 2019 15:00Current
7.4High risk
Vulners AI Score7.4
traffic monetizationplugin vulnerabilitieswordpress infectionsthird-party pluginssucuri reportredirection schemescompromised websitesmalvertisingscams
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