Description
Several plugins for WordPress hosted on WordPress.org have been compromised and injected with malicious PHP scripts. A malicious threat actor compromised the source code of various plugins and injected code that exfiltrates database credentials and is used to create new, malicious, administrator users and send that data back to a server. Currently, not all plugins have been patched and we strongly recommend uninstalling the plugins for the time being and running a complete malware scan.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected products
- blazeretail / BLAZE Retail Widget2.2.5 – 2.5.2
- pedrogusmao02 / Wrapper Link Elementor1.0.2 – 1.0.3
- stuartobrien / Simply Show Hooks1.2.1 – 1.2.2
- ThemeREX / Contact Form 7 Multi-Step Addon1.0.4 – 1.0.5
- WarfarePlugins / Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare4.4.6.4 – 4.4.7.1
References
- MISChttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/56d24bc8-4a1a-4e60-aec5-960703a6058a?source=cve
- MISChttps://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-security-message-from-the-plugin-review-team/
- MISChttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/social-warfare/tags/4.4.6.4/trunk/social-warfare.php#L54
- MISChttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/social-warfare/tags/4.4.6.4/trunk/social-warfare.php#L583
- MISChttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3105893/
- MISChttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3106042%40social-warfare&new=3106042%40social-warfare&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- MISChttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simply-show-hooks/trunk/index.php
- MISChttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-7-multi-step-addon/trunk/trx-contact-form-7-multi-step-addon.php
- MISChttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wrapper-link-elementor/trunk/wrapper.php?rev=3106508
- MISChttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/blaze-widget/trunk/blaze_widget.php