Important Vulnerability on Advanced Custom Fields Plugin for WordPress

Recently Imunify360 malware researchers received a couple of requests by the community to examine the “Quick Page/Post Redirect Plugin”. The plugin is widely used roughly in ~100k installations. This investigation will expose techniques used by plugins to inject ads passively into websites, in most of the cases the website’s owners do not even know or allow it. It will answer questions made by WordPress' broader community which didn’t have a chance to have proper feedback on forums.

Imunify360 researchers have identified a growing number of malicious redirects on Joomla CMS.

In this post, discover how Imunify360 is leading the charge against a sophisticated cyber threat targeting Joomla CMS. This post delves into the rise of malicious redirects caused by a deceptive fake-plugin, capable of injecting harmful scripts into websites. Learn about the insidious mechanism of this threat, which targets unsuspecting visitors with phishing and malware, and how Imunify360's advanced security measures, including its proactive scanner and comprehensive defense system, offer robust protection against such evolving cyber dangers. Protect your Joomla site with Imunify360's integrated antivirus, firewall, and WAF, ensuring the safety and integrity of your online presence.

Imunify360 researchers have recently found a wave of attacks exploiting a known vulnerability in Chamilo LMS (CVE-2023-34960) to escalate and execute arbitrary commands. Chamilo is an e-learning platform, also called Learning Management Systems (LMS), widely used by Universities and NGOs with a total of ~85k installations.

In today's digital landscape, monetizing websites through ads has become a standard practice, but it comes with security trade-offs.

Imunify360 has a robust set of mitigation that acts proactively against advanced attacks, and its layer works either on L7 (http request) against known vulnerabilities and also at runtime by our innovative Proactive defense module, and behind the scenes, there's a team of malware experts researching 24x7 and figuring out in-depth the malware behavior.