Backdoors discovered in 40 WordPress Themes and 53 Plugins

2 points by techjolt ↗ HN
Over 40 WordPress themes and 53 plugins have been found to be infected with backdoor shells, by unknown hackers exploiting several sites to gain admin access.

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timeline from the article:

2021-09-22: found back door in the FotoGraphy theme

2021-10-14: Escalated to WordPress plugins team to try to obtain contact with the vendor.

2021-10-16: Response from vendor

2022-01-18 Public disclosure