WordPress Plugin Comes With a Backdoor, Steals Admin Credentials In Cleartext

Posted by timothy on Friday March 4, 2016 @10:44PM from the considered-harmful dept.

An anonymous reader writes that a WordPress plugin for managing custom post types has apparently been forcibly taken over by an Indian developer who has added a backdoor to the code which lets him install files on infected sites. "This backdoor also allows him to download files which add his own admin account to the site, and even alter core WordPress files so every time a user logs in, edits his profile, or a new user account is created, the user's password is collected (in cleartext) and sent to his server. WordPress hasn't moved in to ban the plugin just yet, despite user complaints.

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Whaat? by Anonymous Coward · 2016-03-04 23:33 · Score: 0, Insightful

Security issues with WordPress? What is this world coming to?
"So... it takes an hour to be compromised?" he asks, using a word he must have recently heard at an IT Manager's round table somewhere.
"No, it takes about 30 seconds to compromise, but on average it takes about an hour for the robots to find it." I reply.