On a daily basis at Sucuri, we hear things like: “My host takes care of my website security.” “I have never been hacked, so why should I care?” Or here’s a personal favorite: “I’ll take care of it if (when) it happens.” Let’s be honest, no one wants to think about the possibility of their […]
Tag Archives: Website Security
Persistent Cross-site Scripting in WP Live Chat Support Plugin
During a routine research audits for our Sucuri Firewall, we discovered an Unauthenticated Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) affecting 60,000+ users of the WP Live Chat Support WordPress plugin. Current State of the Vulnerability Though this security bug has been fixed in the 8.0.27 release, it can be exploited by an attacker without any account in […]
WordPress Plugin Give – Stored XSS for Donors
Give is a WordPress plugin which allows users to setup a donation page on a website. It currently has 60k installs. During a recent audit of the plugin, we found a severe vulnerability which allows donors to inject arbitrary code on an administrative page. If you are using a version lower than 2.4.7, you should […]
Multiple Vulnerabilities in the WordPress Ultimate Member Plugin
The Ultimate member plugin version 2.0.45 and lower is affected by multiple vulnerabilities, among them is a critical vulnerability allowing malicious users to read and delete your wp-config.php file, which can lead to a complete website takeover. All of our clients behind our website firewall are already protected, and are not at risk. The three […]
New Guide on the Sucuri Referral Program
Referral programs and affiliate marketing opportunities can be found on many web-based company sites, however, often they’re overlooked. Commonly people consider these programs as something that they, “should leave to the professionals”. We designed our new Referral Program Guide to give clear insight into affiliate marketing for both beginners and long-term affiliates. You don’t need to […]
Free Website Security Consultation for GoDaddy Pros
Sucuri is partnering with GoDaddy Pro to make the internet more secure, one website professional at a time. Developers, designers, agencies, and freelancers now have an exclusive avenue to level up security knowledge and differentiate their businesses from the competition. GoDaddy Pro helps web developers and designers save time and money while managing multiple websites. […]
Replica Spam on Poorly Maintained ASP Site
Although the majority of sites we work on are powered by PHP, we still have clients whose sites use other programming languages. The other day we cleaned an ASP site where we found a web.config file (the ASP.NET version of .htaccess) with these instructions: <add value="view.asp” /> <add value="Default.asp” /> <add […]
Cronjob Backdoors
Attackers commonly rely on backdoors to easily gain reentry and maintain control over a website. They also use PHP functions to further deepen the level of their backdoors. A good example of this is the shell_exec function which allows plain shell commands to be run directly through the web application, providing attackers with an increased […]
How Stolen Ecommerce Data is Sold on the Darknet
We have recently published posts regarding banking malware and some of the ways it uses compromised websites to infect victim’s devices (smartphones, computers, POS terminals). Now let us look into some of the methods that cybercriminals use to monetize stolen information like bank accounts, credit cards, and personal information. Infected Ecommerce Website to Darknet Markets […]
Typo 3 Spam Infection
Here at Sucuri most of the malware that we deal with is on CMS platforms like: WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Magento, and others. But every now and then we come across something a little different. Blackhat SEO Infection in Typo3 Just recently, I discovered a website using the Typo3 CMS that had been infected with a […]