Le Van Toan

{
    "slug": "vht-sms",
    "pattern": "hardcoded_ip_url",
    "kind": "builtin",
    "version": "1.0.2",
    "hit_count": 1,
    "first_hit": {
        "file": "vht-sms.php",
        "line": 819,
        "snippet": "<SendSMS xmlns=\"http://203.162.168.170/SendMTAuth/\">"
    },
    "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."
}