Malcious Admin Menu Editor Pro plugin backdoors 1,500 WordPress sites
Malicious versions of the Admin Menu Editor Pro plugin for WordPress have been distributed to more than 200 customers after a threat actor compromised the maintainer's website and pushed updates that created a hidden user account. [...]
What happened
Malicious versions of the Admin Menu Editor Pro plugin for WordPress have been distributed to more than 200 customers after a threat actor compromised the maintainer's website and pushed updates that created a hidden user account. [...]
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- BleepingComputerPrimary source · Supports · EN · 100%Malcious Admin Menu Editor Pro plugin backdoors 1,500 WordPress sites ↗
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- Malcious Admin Menu Editor Pro plugin backdoors 1,500 WordPress sites Observed
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