Hackers Increasingly Using WebAssembly Coded Cryptominers to Evade Detection

As many as 207 websites have been infected with malicious code designed to launch a cryptocurrency miner by leveraging WebAssembly Wasm on the browser. Web security company Sucuri, which published details of the campaign, said it launched an investigation after one of its clients had their comput...

Experts Notice Sudden Surge in Exploitation of WordPress Page Builder Plugin Vulnerability

Researchers from Wordfence have sounded the alarm about a "sudden" spike in cyber attacks attempting to exploit an unpatched flaw in a WordPress plugin called Kaswara Modern WPBakery Page Builder Addons. Tracked as CVE-2021-24284, the issue is rated 10.0 on the CVSS vulnerability scoring system a...

Hackers Planted Secret Backdoor in Dozens of WordPress Plugins and Themes

In yet another instance of software supply chain attack, dozens of WordPress themes and plugins hosted on a developer's website were backdoored with malicious code in the first half of September 2021 with the goal of infecting further sites. The backdoor gave the attackers full administrative...

Fake Ransomware Infection Hits WordPress Sites

Fake red-on-black warnings have been plastered to hundreds of WordPress sites, warning that they’ve been encrypted. The warnings have at least one ransomware accoutrement that might look convincing at first blush: a countdown clock tick-tick-ticking away, warning site owners that they’ve got seve...

Directorist – Business Directory Plugin < 7.0.6.2 - CSRF to Remote File Upload

The plugin was vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery to Remote File Upload leading to arbitrary PHP shell uploads in the wp-content/plugins directory. This vulnerability was seen actively exploited by Sucuri in the wild for ransomware attacks. PoC 1. Authenticate as any user. 2. Paste below...

Magecart Attackers Save Stolen Credit-Card Data in .JPG File

Magecart attackers have found a new way to hide their nefarious online activity by saving data they’ve skimmed from credit cards online in a .JPG file on a website they’ve injected with malicious code. Researchers at website security firm Sucuri discovered the elusive tactic recently during an...

WordPress 123ContactForm plugin <= 1.5.6 - Validation Bypass via Plugin Verification vulnerability

Validation Bypass via Plugin Verification vulnerability found by Sucuri in WordPress 123ContactForm plugin versions = 1.5.6. Solution 2021-01-20 - we were unable to find a patched version of this plugin. Notification from WordPress plugin repository: "This plugin has been closed as of October 27,...

WordPress 123ContactForm plugin <= 1.5.6 - Arbitrary Post Creation vulnerability

Arbitrary Post Creation vulnerability found by Sucuri in WordPress 123ContactForm plugin versions = 1.5.6. Solution 2021-01-20 - we were unable to find a patched version of this plugin. Notification from WordPress plugin repository: "This plugin has been closed as of October 27, 2020 and is not...

WordPress 123ContactForm plugin <= 1.5.6 - Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability

Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability found by Sucuri in WordPress 123ContactForm plugin versions = 1.5.6. Solution 2021-01-20 - we were unable to find a patched version of this plugin. Notification from WordPress plugin repository: "This plugin has been closed as of October 27, 2020 and is not...

WordPress Cookiebot plugin <= 3.6.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting XSS vulnerability found by Antony Garand Sucuri in WordPress Cookiebot plugin versions = 3.6.0. Solution Update the WordPress Cookiebot plugin to the latest available version at least 3.6.1...

WordPress Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster plugin <= 1.3.6.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting XSS vulnerability found by Antony Garand Sucuri in WordPress Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster plugin versions = 1.3.6.6. Solution Update the WordPress Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster plugin to the latest available version at least 1.3.6.7...

LearnPress < 3.2.7.3 - CSRF & XSS

Antony Garand of Sucuri discovered that multiple WordPress plugins were vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting XSS within the admin panel, which could be exploited by using s Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF attack...

WordPress Absolutely Glamorous Custom Admin plugin <= 6.5.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting XSS vulnerability found by Antony Garand Sucuri in WordPress Absolutely Glamorous Custom Admin plugin versions = 6.5.4. Solution Update the WordPress Absolutely Glamorous Custom Admin plugin to the latest available version at least 6.5.5...

WordPress WP Product Review Lite plugin <= 3.7.5 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting XSS vulnerability discovered by Sucuri in WordPress WP Product Review Lite plugin versions = 3.7.5. Solution Update the WordPress WP Product Review Lite plugin to the latest available version at least 3.7.6...

Cloud Lookup (and Bypass)

This module can be useful if you need to test the security of your server and your website behind a solution Cloud based. By discovering the origin IP address of the targeted host. More precisely, this module uses multiple data sources in order ViewDNS.info, DNS enumeration and Censys to collect...

WordPress Duplicate Page and Post plugin <= 2.5.6 - SQL Injection (SQLi) vulnerability

SQL Injection SQLi vulnerability found by Antony Garand Sucuri in WordPress Duplicate Page and Post plugin versions = 2.5.6. Solution Update the WordPress Duplicate Page and Post plugin to the latest available version at least 2.5.7...

WordPress kingof plugin - Fake plugin/backdoor

Fake plugin/backdoor discovered by Sucuri under the name kingof. Solution Delete asap + look up for possible additional malicious files on the server...

WordPress M-Shield plugin - Fake plugin/backdoor

Fake plugin/backdoor discovered by Sucuri under the name M-Shield. Solution Delete asap + look up for possible additional malicious files on the server...

blnmrpb - Webshell in Fake Plugin

Sucuri Labs found that a fake plugin, which is a Webshell...

Cryptolocking WordPress Plugin Locks Up Blog Posts

A malicious WordPress plugin ironically called WP Security has been spotted in the wild encrypting blog posts and rendering the content unreadable. It’s capable of targeting individual posts — an unusual behavior, according to researchers. According to analysis from Sucuri, the plugin obtains a...