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CVE-2026-6443

CRITICAL
INFO Priority: 0.05 BB Relevance: 80/100
Published: 2026-04-17 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: High
A: High

Description

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.

Weakness Classification (1)

References & Advisories (2)

Bug Bounty Relevance

80 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

9.8 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.50%
Raw Score 0.004950
Percentile 42.4%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00495
2026-10-28
0.00495

Intelligence Sources

nvd ref →

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