[kwlug-disc] Search engine that actually searches for strings

[Paul Nijjar]

On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 03:13:52AM -0700, Ronald Barnes wrote:
> Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote on 2023-09-21 22:42:
> 
> > 
> > As far as I can tell the old comment form did not have this string
> > "verbum" in the classes. So in this case that is what I was looking for.
> > My guess is that it is some kind of plugin, but why is it being enabled
> > by default on people's sites when they have made no configuration
> > changes?

> Virtually every instance of "verbum" I find online is related to Catholic
> scripture study software.

Yes, which is why I am trying to rule that out.

> I'd take a step back and review the installed plug-ins.
> 
> Then I'd grep the Wordpress directory and subfolders for "verbum" and
> isolate which files contain that string and poke around the file(s) found.

Yes, this is a next step. Note that this is hosted Wordpress on
wordpress.com, however. I do not think this is a mass compromise. I
think it is Wiordpress (or JetPack?) rolling something out.

> Weren't contact forms and themes a primary target for WP compromises way
> back when?

Oh yes. Very much so. But this does not feel the same.

- Paul

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