ET MALWARE Wordpress Social Warfare Plugin Attempted Admin User Creation

Query · suricata

flow:established,to_server;
urilen:9;
http.method;
content:"POST";
http.uri;
content:"/AddSites"; fast_pattern;
http.content_type;
content:"application/json"; nocase;
http.request_body;
content:"aurl";
content:"domain";
content:"username";
content:"passwordz";
content:"wp_login_path";
Raw source ET MALWARE Wordpress Social Warfare Plugin Attempted Admin User Creation · Suricata
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alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> [$HOME_NET,$HTTP_SERVERS] any (
    msg:"ET MALWARE Wordpress Social Warfare Plugin Attempted Admin User Creation";
    flow:established,to_server;
    urilen:9;
    http.method;
    content:"POST";
    http.uri;
    content:"/AddSites"; fast_pattern;
    http.content_type;
    content:"application/json"; nocase;
    http.request_body;
    content:"aurl";
    content:"domain";
    content:"username";
    content:"passwordz";
    content:"wp_login_path";
    reference:url,wordpress.org/support/topic/a-security-message-from-the-plugin-review-team;
    reference:md5,0469a5e49620710a3e2d579fdfe011e1;
    classtype:attempted-admin;
    sid:2053870; rev:2;
    metadata:affected_product Wordpress_Plugins, attack_target Server, tls_state TLSDecrypt, created_at 2024_06_25, deployment Perimeter, deployment Internal, deployment SSLDecrypt, confidence High, signature_severity Major, tag Wordpress, tag Exploit, updated_at 2026_05_15, mitre_tactic_id TA0001, mitre_tactic_name Initial_Access, mitre_technique_id T1190, mitre_technique_name Exploit_Public_Facing_Application;
)

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