Pipdig Power Pack (P3) <= 4.7.3 - Backdoor
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 4.8.0
- Affected Plugin
- Pipdig Power Pack (P3)
- Affected Version
<= 4.7.3- CVSS
- 9.8Critical
- Weakness type
- CWE-912 · Hidden Functionality
- CVE
CVE pending
At a glance
This record tracks a critical-severity Hidden Functionality vulnerability in the Pipdig Power Pack (P3) WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 4.7.3. It carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 4.8.0; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed March 2019, reported by Mikey Veenstra.
Vulnerability Overview
The Pipdig Power Pack(p3) plugin for WordPress is contained a backdoor in versions before 4.8.0. Obfuscated code was present which allows for various backdoor functionality including unauthenticated password reset, unauthenticated database deletion, unusual scheduled remote calls, and undisclosed content and configuration rewrites.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.
CWE-912: Hidden Functionality
The product contains functionality that is not documented, not part of the specification, and not accessible through an interface or command sequence that is obvious to the product's users or administrators.
Remediation
Update to version 4.8.0, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
Classes like this one can leave something behind, so the staged malware scanner is the second half: it looks for dropped files and modified code rather than for the request that created them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Pipdig Power Pack (P3) 4.8.0 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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