Embedded Malicious Code Affecting johnpbloch/wordpress-core package, versions >=2.1.1, <2.1.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-JOHNPBLOCHWORDPRESSCORE-8651736
  • published22 Jan 2025
  • disclosed2 Mar 2007
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 2 Mar 2007

Malicious CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-506  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Avoid using all malicious instances of the johnpbloch/wordpress-core package.

Overview

johnpbloch/wordpress-core is a malicious package. Version 2.1.1 of WordPress was injected with malicious code that supplied attackers with backdoor access to WordPress sites.

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1