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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. [...]

Why it matters

The development may change operating conditions or market expectations around Security. Further confirmation and measurable outcomes matter.

Affected entities

View evidence

1 reports · 1 original report · 1 independent

  1. BleepingComputerPrimary source · Supports · EN · 100%
    Malcious Admin Menu Editor Pro plugin backdoors 1,500 WordPress sites

Claims

  • Malcious Admin Menu Editor Pro plugin backdoors 1,500 WordPress sites Observed

Conflicts

No material conflict detected in the available evidence.

Timeline

  1. First reported

Market move following event

Market reaction is not yet available for this asset and time window.

Score explanation

Confidence · formula confidence-2.1.0
Source trust84
Independent corroboration51
Primary evidence35
Claim consistency82
Extraction confidence82
Attribution quality90
Impact · formula impact-2.1.0
Event magnitude45
Market relevance74
Entity significance42
Market breadth45
Novelty68
Urgency55
Ranking · formula rank-1.0.0
Confidence factor0.847
Freshness factor0.9998
Breaking bonus0