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.
Published:Apr 17, 2026
Last Modified:Apr 22, 2026
EPS:Apr 17, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00044
CVSS Score:9.8
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Essentialplugin
Product
Accordion And Accordion Slider
Essentialplugin
Accordion And Accordion Slider
Vendor
Wordpress
Product
Wordpress
Wordpress
Wordpress
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
