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Sites using Yellow Pencil are getting hacked. Mine is down. Yellow Pencil has issued a patch but I cannot access the Pro version that comes with the theme as theme makers need to supply this to verified users
Where do I download the new Yellow Pencil Pro that was released today? My website has been redirecting to a malicious site for days now. I need to fix this asap!
Thank you
Hi @emailjohna,
Sorry to hear of the problem you are having.
We are updating the plugin and will update you here.
In the meanwhile, don’t activate the plugin on your site or do not install it.
Best regards,
Shufflehound teamA quick guide on how to update (or better remove) the Yellow Pencil Plugin would be very helpful. It seems to be bundled with your theme and is not part of the standard plugin procedure 🙁
Same here. My website was hacked and traced back to the use of the Yellow Pencil Plugin. Advise asap.
I actually lost my entire site due to Yellow Pencil. 🙁 Sorry this happened to others, but misery does love company. No longer using Yellow Pencil on site, but I am having to rebuild from scratch. Sad day.
It´s not that hard to get infected sites up and running (see the link posted above, you just need to edit two entries in your database). But still, I would have expected to see some proactive reaction from theme developers that distribute yellow pencil to clients…
Please update the plugin on your site as soon as possible as described in the below topic to prevent it from getting hacked.
https://support.shufflehound.com/forums/topic/yellow-pencil-editor-security-update/
If your site is already hacked or getting redirected or screwed then please fix it as described in the above topic.
