Custom Content Type Manager 0.9.8.7 - 0.9.8.8 - Malicious Backdoor

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CVE Not available
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published March 4, 2016
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Description

The Custom Content Type Manager plugin for WordPress was injected with a malicious backdoor in versions 0.9.8.7 to 0.9.8.8 that made it possible for attackers to gain access to the server to run code by installing malicious PHP files via the added auto-update.php file.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug custom-content-type-manager (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • 0.9.8.7 - 0.9.8.8
Patched Version
  • 0.9.8.9
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