Fake WordPress Caching Plugin Used to Steal Admin Credentials

Fake WordPress Caching Plugin Used to Steal Admin Credentials

A common trend we see is that bad actors will upload malicious plugins to WordPress sites. These plugins serve a wide variety of functions from injecting spam to redirecting sites to other malicious content. In this article we will examine a more dangerous method where plugins can be used to steal admin credentials.

Identifying the malware

During a routine malware scan we noticed a plugin labeled wp-runtime-cache in the wp-content/plugins directory.

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