Crawlomatic WordPress plugin Compromised

[t2van]

Just seen this on my Sunday tour of SEJ

WordPress Scraper Plugin Compromised By Security Vulnerability​

A critical vulnerability in a WordPress scraper autoblogging plugin allows unauthorized users to upload malicious files to affected websites

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wordpress-scraper-plugin-compromised-by-security-vulnerability/546974/

 

[Zwielicht]

I don't personally use this plugin, but it's good to know for others that do. Thanks for sharing it here.

 

[BaZinga]

What??? I use this plugin. Not big deal for me to remove it but very surprise to hear this happen.

 

[Festinger Vault]

Ouch. The Dev has made some great tools. This is a huge loss.