Yesterday, we saw what appeared to be a hacker probing for usage of the WordPress plugin WP Email Capture. Looking at the latest version we found a number of places where the code was insecure, but nothing that looked a vulnerability that a hacker would exploit. One of the recent versions of the plugin had changelog that might explain a hacker’s interest:

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Plugin Security Scorecard Grade for WP Email Capture

Checked on August 1, 2024

See issues causing the plugin to get less than A+ grade