Site takeover via injected PHP backdoor
Published Jun 25, 2024 · Updated Aug 1, 2024
Embedded malicious code in five WordPress plugins allows remote attackers to create administrator accounts and exfiltrate credentials. Compromised WordPress.org developer accounts inserted PHP into each plugin's main file; the code creates a privileged user and posts credentials to an attacker-controlled server. Installation or update to an affected package executes the backdoor inside WordPress, enabling site takeover and further payload injection.
Summary
What happened
Embedded malicious code in five WordPress plugins allows remote attackers to create administrator accounts and exfiltrate credentials. Compromised WordPress.org developer accounts inserted PHP into each plugin's main file; the code creates a privileged user and posts credentials to an attacker-controlled server. Installation or update to an affected package executes the backdoor inside WordPress, enabling site takeover and further payload injection.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-6297
- Published
- Jun 25, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 1, 2024
- Vendor
- BLAZE Solutions, Inc.
- Product
- BLAZE Retail Widget
- Classifications
- CWE-506, T1195.002
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 24, 2024Exploitation reportedWordPress.org plugin supply-chain infections
- Jun 25, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 1, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=2.2.5 <=2.5.2
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Attacks
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Reported exploitation
- WordPress.org plugin supply-chain infectionsreported exploitation
Technologies
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