gerardosteven

{
    "slug": "paquete-mx",
    "pattern": "hardcoded_ip_url",
    "kind": "builtin",
    "version": "4.2.2",
    "hit_count": 1,
    "first_hit": {
        "file": "admin/admin_actions.php",
        "line": 230,
        "snippet": "$baseDownloadLink = isset($config['paquetemx_checkbox_production']) ? 'http://54.201.237.120?trackingNumber=' : 'http://54.201.237.120/dev.php?trackingNumber=';"
    },
    "explanation": "plugin source hardcodes a raw IPv4 URL (e.g. `https://94.156.79.8/...`) \u2014 legitimate plugins use DNS hostnames because IPs change. Hardcoded IPs in plugin code are almost always either dev leftovers or attacker C2 infrastructure. The June 2024 social-warfare keylogger (audit #14) used `https://94.156.79.8/sc-top.js` for the JS payload host, `/AddSites` for victim registration, `/CMSUsers` for filesystem-recon exfil. Operator infrastructure on raw IPs avoids domain registration / RDAP detection paths. Post-filtered to skip RFC1918/loopback/link-local ranges and `vendor/`/`tests/` paths."
}