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Card skimmer planted in Convertr analytics script, researchers say
Sansec said a Brazilian Magecart group appended a card skimmer to Convertr's shared Plausible analytics file from Oct. 24. BleepingComputer later cited Sansec saying Convertr removed it and patched Plausible.
Ecommerce security firm Sansec said a Brazilian Magecart group appended a payment-card skimmer to a shared analytics script used by Brazilian platform Convertr, so checkouts loading that file sent shoppers' card details and CPF taxpayer numbers to an attacker-controlled server from Oct. 242. BleepingComputer, citing the same campaign, said the group has targeted online stores running Magento, OpenCart and WooCommerce since at least July 20241.
Convertr operates online stores and checkouts for Brazilian fashion brands and has said its merchants have sold more than 2 billion reais through the platform, according to Sansec2. Sansec said every Convertr checkout loads a tracker from analytics.convertr.app.br, Convertr's own Plausible analytics server, and that attackers added malicious code to that one file2.
Sansec said the extra code ran only on pages whose address included checkout.convertr2. It said the malware read card number, expiry, CVV, cardholder name and CPF from the payment form and from checkout requests to Convertr's payment API, then sent the data when an order was placed2.
The firm said it last saw a clean copy of the tracker on Oct. 24, detected the skimmer later that day, and observed an updated version on Oct. 26 that targeted Convertr's payment-API field names2. Sansec said it notified Convertr and received no response, and that Convertr was still serving the skimmer on Oct. 262. BleepingComputer independently described the incident as a compromise of a shared Convertr analytics script used to steal payment data at checkout1.
Sansec has tracked the same group since July 2024 and said it had previously infected stores one at a time rather than through a platform script2. A matching exfiltration endpoint appeared a day earlier on another Brazilian store, Sansec said2.
Sansec said Convertr installed Plausible Community Edition 3.0 in 2025 and did not update it2. Versions 3.0.0 through 3.2.0 have a critical flaw, CVE-2026-8467, that Plausible said it fixed in May 2026; Sansec suspects that path because an attacker who could change the on-disk tracker file would infect every site embedding it, but it said it has not seen Convertr's logs and cannot confirm how the file was changed2.
BleepingComputer later reported that Sansec confirmed Convertr had removed the skimmer and upgraded Plausible to a patched version, and that Convertr said it was notifying affected merchants and payment providers1. BleepingComputer said it had contacted Convertr and had not received a response of its own1.
Sansec told shoppers who paid by card on a Brazilian store since Oct. 24 on a checkout.convertr page to ask their bank to replace the card and to watch for CPF-related fraud2. It said browsers may cache the infected script for up to 24 hours after cleanup1,2.
Sources
How it’s being reported
2 sourcesFirst reported by
Sansec
Hackers hijack Convertr analytics script to steal payment card data
compromise of a shared Convertr analytics script and theft of payment data during checkout
Bill Toulas reported that a credit-card skimming group compromised a shared analytics script used by e-commerce platform Convertr to steal shoppers' payment data at checkout.
Leaves out Sansec's suspected Plausible CVE path, exfiltration host, and merchant-scale figures
Notorious Brazilian Magecart group hijacks Convertr checkouts via Plausible analytics
supply-chain infection of one shared tracker file and a suspected unpatched Plausible flaw
Sansec said attackers appended a skimmer to Convertr's self-hosted Plausible tracker so checkouts from Oct. 24 sent card data and CPF numbers to 1x0.is.
Where they agree
- A shared Convertr analytics script was used to steal checkout payment data.
- The campaign was identified around Oct. 24.
- Researchers attribute it to a Brazilian group previously seen on Magento, OpenCart and WooCommerce stores.