• Resolved Tony Zeoli

    (@tonyzeoli)


    I don’t know if this is a WP Mail SMTP problem or a JetPack Sharing problem, but hundreds of emails a day are being sent through, I believe, WP Mail SMTP, via my API connection to GMAIL. I’m getting hundreds of bounce backs to my email Google Mail Address connected to my Google Developers Account.

    Here’s a screenshot of my inbox: https://nimb.ws/rnNT6d

    I have Sucuri Malware Scanner on my site and I don’t see any indication of a hack. Plus, I’m running a multisite and the only site in the network sending this spam is the only one connected to WP Email SMTP via the Google API.

    Here is the header of just one of thousands of messages that are being sent through my site:

    Delivered-To: [email protected]
    Received: by 2002:a54:2487:0:0:0:0:0 with SMTP id m7csp1016202eco;
            Wed, 15 Jun 2022 04:58:03 -0700 (PDT)
    X-Received: by 2002:a05:6402:270a:b0:431:43f6:1e02 with SMTP id y10-20020a056402270a00b0043143f61e02mr12246954edd.317.1655294163580;
            Wed, 15 Jun 2022 04:56:03 -0700 (PDT)
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           dkim=pass [email protected] header.s=20210112 header.b=khSALBH6;
           spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of [email protected] designates 209.85.220.69 as permitted sender) smtp.helo=mail-sor-f69.google.com;
           dmarc=pass (p=QUARANTINE sp=QUARANTINE dis=NONE) header.from=googlemail.com
    Return-Path: <>
    Received: from mail-sor-f69.google.com (mail-sor-f69.google.com. [209.85.220.69])
            by mx.google.com with SMTPS id c4-20020a1709060fc400b00704dc822cffsor4665022ejk.31.2022.06.15.04.56.03
            for <[email protected]>
            (Google Transport Security);
            Wed, 15 Jun 2022 04:56:03 -0700 (PDT)
    Received-SPF: pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of [email protected] designates 209.85.220.69 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.220.69;
    Authentication-Results: mx.google.com;
           dkim=pass [email protected] header.s=20210112 header.b=khSALBH6;
           spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of [email protected] designates 209.85.220.69 as permitted sender) smtp.helo=mail-sor-f69.google.com;
           dmarc=pass (p=QUARANTINE sp=QUARANTINE dis=NONE) header.from=googlemail.com
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    X-Received: by 2002:a17:907:a424:b0:702:f94a:a897 with SMTP id sg36-20020a170907a42400b00702f94aa897mr8480278ejc.255.1655294163443;
            Wed, 15 Jun 2022 04:56:03 -0700 (PDT)
    Content-Type: multipart/report; boundary="0000000000009c53c305e17b34d7"; report-type=delivery-status
    To: [email protected]
    Received: by 2002:a17:907:a424:b0:702:f94a:a897 with SMTP id sg36-20020a170907a42400b00702f94aa897mr5401153ejc.255; Wed, 15 Jun 2022 04:56:03 -0700 (PDT)
    Return-Path: <>
    Auto-Submitted: auto-replied
    Message-ID: <[email protected]>
    Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2022 04:56:03 -0700 (PDT)
    From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <[email protected]>
    Subject: Delivery Status Notification (Failure)
    References: <CAATTXz4=ct43Y5R9nRks4x7a49BvBjMEj3oKK+s1nNpEvqL6fw@mail.gmail.com>
    In-Reply-To: <CAATTXz4=ct43Y5R9nRks4x7a49BvBjMEj3oKK+s1nNpEvqL6fw@mail.gmail.com>
    X-Failed-Recipients: [email protected]
    
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    ** Message not delivered **
    
    There was a problem delivering your message to [email protected]. See the technical details below, or try resending in a few minutes.
    
    Learn more here: https://service.mail.qq.com/cgi-bin/help?subtype=1&&id=20022&&no=1000724
    (Warning: This link will take you to a third-party site)
    
    The response from the remote server was:
    550 Domain frequency limited [MORv3C5CCiXxPdYAy6ESClo3NLtn0wJqqEht2ZZAP0B2P/7qttmflAxC7GBgTddvjQ==  IP: 2a00:1450:4864:20::62f]. https://service.mail.qq.com/cgi-bin/help?subtype=1&&id=20022&&no=1000724
    
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    <body>
    <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="email-wrapper" style="padding-top:32px;background-color:#ffffff;"><tbody>
    <tr><td>
    <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tbody>
    <tr><td style="max-width:560px;padding:24px 24px 32px;background-color:#fafafa;border:1px solid #e0e0e0;border-radius:2px">
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    Message not delivered
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    <tr><td style="padding-top:20px;color:#757575;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left">
    There was a problem delivering your message to <a><b>[email protected]</b></a>. See the technical details below, or try resending in a few minutes.
    </td></tr>
    <tr><td style="padding-top:24px;color:#4285F4;font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;text-align:left">
    <a href="https://service.mail.qq.com/cgi-bin/help?subtype=1&&id=20022&&no=1000724">LEARN MORE</a>
    </td></tr>
    <tr><td style="margin-top:8px;font-style:italic;font-size:12px;color:#757575">
    <img width="12" height="12" alt="Warning" src="warning_triangle.png" />
    This link will take you to a third-party site
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    </td></tr>
    <tr style="border:none;background-color:#fff;font-size:12.8px;width:90%">
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    The response from the remote server was:<br/>
    <p style="font-family:monospace">
    550 Domain frequency limited [MORv3C5CCiXxPdYAy6ESClo3NLtn0wJqqEht2ZZAP0B2P/7qttmflAxC7GBgTddvjQ== IP: 2a00:1450:4864:20::62f]. https://service.mail.qq.com/cgi-bin/help?subtype=1&&id=20022&&no=1000724
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    Received: from 136468384894 named unknown by gmailapi.google.com with HTTPREST; Wed, 15 Jun 2022 06:47:41 -0500
    From: "注册送38元【澳门金沙集团】:www.014784.com/? 最最最最火爆,高额奖池“PT电子”无限喷发,强势来袭!" <[email protected]>
    Reply-To: "注册送38元【澳门金沙集团】:www.014784.com/? 最最最最火爆,高额奖池“PT电子”无限喷发,强势来袭!" <[email protected]>
    X-Mailer: WPMailSMTP/Mailer/gmail 3.4.0
    MIME-Version: 1.0
    Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2022 06:47:41 -0500
    Message-ID: <CAATTXz4=ct43Y5R9nRks4x7a49BvBjMEj3oKK+s1nNpEvqL6fw@mail.gmail.com>
    Subject: [Shared Post] PMPress
    To: [email protected]
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  • Thread Starter Tony Zeoli

    (@tonyzeoli)

    I did find this in muy access logs. It looks like the post is being shared by email and is being run through my WP MAIL SMTP connection to Googlw Workspace email.

    {
    “installName”: “netmixcom”,
    “environment”: “PROD”,
    “domain”: null,
    “ipAddress”: “103.73.162.61”,
    “date”: “2022-06-15T18:38:00.000Z”,
    “type”: “php”,
    “verb”: “POST”,
    “resource”: “/pm-press/?share=email&nb=1”,
    “protocol”: “HTTP/1.0”,
    “status”: 200,
    “referer”: “https://digitalstrategyworks.com/pm-press/?share=email&nb=1&#8221;,
    “userAgent”: “Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/6.0)”,
    “uuid”: “f521b8b3-4556-4d7c-b04f-4de67b698a9e”
    }

    Thread Starter Tony Zeoli

    (@tonyzeoli)

    I’ve contacted WP Engine and they are blocking the Chines and Russian IP ranges of the nefarious actors, but I am still wondering if this is a flaw in the plugin or an issue with JetPack share.

    Thread Starter Tony Zeoli

    (@tonyzeoli)

    Okay, this isn’t a flaw in the plugin. It’s a flaw in JetPack Email share. I learned more about it here: https://www.journeybytes.com/jetpack-email-share-button-spam/

    In WP Engine, you have to set a Web Rule to DENY the Query string from all IPS after turning off the mail share setting for JetPack in your WordPress.com Dashboard.

    Once you do that, set the Web Rule or a Firewall Rule to block requests to:

    share=email&nb=1

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