CVE detail
CVE-2026-6443
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.
Buzz score
Why this CVE is surfacing
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Buzz score components · mention 11.0 · diversity 10.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Why it matters now
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Evidence
Source links by recency
2 source links · newest first
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2597724a-9a39-4e46-b153-f42366f833ba?source=cvewww.wordfence.com
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Patchwww.wordfence.comApr 17, 2026, 7:16 AM - https://anchor.host/someone-bought-30-wordpress-plugins-and-planted-a-backdoor-in-all-of-them/anchor.host
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referenceanchor.hostApr 17, 2026, 7:16 AM
Exploit code
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