WooCommerce is a highly popular open-source eCommerce plugin for WordPress that allows site owners to easily set up their own online store. With more than 5 million installations, it is one of the biggest eCommerce platforms and is often targeted by cybercriminals for financial gain.
Attacks part of an ongoing campaign targeting vulnerable WordPress plugins employ malicious code designed to identify whether sites are using WooCommerce and then query data related to it, web security company Sucuri revealed.