""ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Wordpress - posts-layout (post-layout Doppelganger) Plugin Activation""

SID: 2045881

Revision: 2

Class Type: web-application-attack

Metadata: affected_product Wordpress, attack_target Web_Server, created_at 2023_05_30, deployment Perimeter, deployment SSLDecrypt, performance_impact Low, confidence High, signature_severity Critical, updated_at 2023_05_31

Reference:

Protocol: tcp

Source Network: $EXTERNAL_NET

Source Port: any

Destination Network: [$HOME_NET,$HTTP_SERVERS]

Destination Port: $HTTP_PORTS

Flow: established,to_server

Contents:

  • Value: "POST"

  • Value: "/wp-admin/plugins.php?"

  • Value: "action=activate"

  • Value: "plugin=posts-layouts|2f|posts-layouts.php"

Within:

PCRE:

Special Options:

  • http_method

  • http_uri

  • http_uri

  • http_uri

  • fast_pattern

source