CVE-2026-6443 (GCVE-0-2026-6443)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-04-17 06:44
Modified
2026-04-21 19:53
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-506 - Embedded Malicious Code
Summary
All plugins by Essentialplugin for WordPress are vulnerable to an injected backdoor in various versions. This is due to the plugin being sold to a malicious threat actor that embedded a backdoor in all of the plugin's they acquired. This makes it possible for the threat actor to maintain a persistent backdoor and inject spam into the affected sites.
References
Impacted products
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