Backdoors discovered in 40 WordPress Themes and 53 Plugins 2 points by techjolt 4y ago ↗ 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.
[–] remux 4y ago ↗ timeline from the article:2021-09-22: found back door in the FotoGraphy theme2021-10-14: Escalated to WordPress plugins team to try to obtain contact with the vendor.2021-10-16: Response from vendor2022-01-18 Public disclosure
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 14.6 ms ] thread2021-09-22: 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