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Resolved · fp_puc_endpoint_owned_lowinstalls
2026-10-06 05:05:38 (5d ago)
| Slug | simple-schema |
|---|---|
| Pattern | puc_update_hijack |
| Kind | builtin |
| Version | 1.0.2 |
| Hit count | 1 |
| First hit |
|
| Explanation | plugin calls `::buildUpdateChecker()` — the factory entry point of the Yahnis Elsts Plugin Update Checker library. A plugin distributed through wordpress.org that registers its own update source is bypassing the Plugin Review Team: every install polls the non-wp.org URL on cron and installs whatever JSON + zip it returns, with full plugin-author permissions. This is the mechanism behind the `anadnet`/quick-pagepost-redirect-plugin compromise (2021) where the author seeded 70,000+ installs through tagged releases and then removed the library from trunk to hide the persistence. Any URL argument pointing away from `downloads.wordpress.org`/`api.wordpress.org` is the hijack signal. |
| Shape | premium_sibling |
| Url | https://bitbucket.org/simpleschemateam/simple-schema-updates/raw/master/info.json |
| Url host | bitbucket.org |
| Slug arg | simple-schema-updates |
View raw JSON
{
"slug": "simple-schema",
"pattern": "puc_update_hijack",
"kind": "builtin",
"version": "1.0.2",
"hit_count": 1,
"first_hit": {
"file": "simple-schema.php",
"line": 74,
"snippet": "$MyUpdateChecker = PucFactory::buildUpdateChecker("
},
"explanation": "plugin calls `::buildUpdateChecker()` \u2014 the factory entry point of the Yahnis Elsts Plugin Update Checker library. A plugin distributed through wordpress.org that registers its own update source is bypassing the Plugin Review Team: every install polls the non-wp.org URL on cron and installs whatever JSON + zip it returns, with full plugin-author permissions. This is the mechanism behind the `anadnet`/quick-pagepost-redirect-plugin compromise (2021) where the author seeded 70,000+ installs through tagged releases and then removed the library from trunk to hide the persistence. Any URL argument pointing away from `downloads.wordpress.org`/`api.wordpress.org` is the hijack signal.",
"shape": "premium_sibling",
"url": "https://bitbucket.org/simpleschemateam/simple-schema-updates/raw/master/info.json",
"url_host": "bitbucket.org",
"slug_arg": "simple-schema-updates"
}