vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: wp-team-showcase-and-slider: CVE-2026-6443: Embedded Malicious Code
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Apr 9, 2026 | Apr 30, 2026 | Apr 30, 2026 |
Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Apr 9, 2026
Added
Apr 30, 2026
Modified
Apr 30, 2026
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.
Solution
wp-team-showcase-and-slider-plugin-cve-2026-6443
References
Rapid7 Labs
2026 Global Threat Landscape Report
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