WordPress mu-Plugins Vulnerable to Spam Injections and Site Image Hijacking by Cybercriminals

Malicious actors are leveraging the “mu-plugins” folder within WordPress websites to hide harmful scripts, aiming to sustain continuous unauthorized entry and steer site guests towards fraudulent webpages.

Malicious actors are leveraging the “mu-plugins” folder within WordPress websites to hide harmful scripts, aiming to sustain continuous unauthorized entry and steer site guests towards fraudulent webpages.
The term “mu-plugins” stands for must-use extensions and pertains to plugins situated in a distinct folder (“wp-content/mu-plugins”) that WordPress triggers automatically, negating the requirement for explicit activation via the

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