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CRITICALCVE-2026-6443Published Modified CNA Wordfence

CVE-2026-6443: Essentialplugin Plugins (Various Versions) - Injected Backdoor

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.

Metrics

CVSS v3.1
9.8
Severity
CRITICAL
Fixed in
Affected Products
22
Affected packages
  • essentialplugin / Accordion and Accordion Slider
    1.4.6
  • essentialplugin / Portfolio and Projects
    1.5.6
  • essentialplugin / Featured Post Creative
    1.5.7
  • essentialplugin / Post grid and filter ultimate
    1.7.4
  • essentialplugin / WP Featured Content and Slider
    1.7.6
  • essentialplugin / Post Ticker Ultimate
    1.7.6
  • essentialplugin / Trending/Popular Post Slider and Widget
    1.8.6
  • essentialplugin / Meta Slider and Carousel with Lightbox
    2.0.8
  • essentialplugin / Album and Image Gallery Plus Lightbox
    2.1.8
  • essentialplugin / Timeline and History slider
    2.4.5
  • essentialplugin / WP Blog and Widgets
    2.6.6
  • essentialplugin / Countdown Timer Ultimate
    2.6.9
  • essentialplugin / Blog Designer – Post and Widget
    2.7.7
  • essentialplugin / Team Slider and Team Grid Showcase plus Team Carousel
    2.8.6
  • essentialplugin / Video gallery and Player
    2.8.7
  • essentialplugin / Popup Maker and Popup Anything – Popup for opt-ins and Lead Generation Conversions
    2.9.1
  • essentialplugin / Testimonial Grid and Testimonial Slider plus Carousel with Rotator Widget
    3.5.6
  • essentialplugin / WP Responsive Recent Post Slider/Carousel
    3.7.1
  • essentialplugin / WP Slick Slider and Image Carousel
    3.7.8.1
  • essentialplugin / WP Logo Showcase Responsive Slider and Carousel
    3.8.7
  • essentialplugin / WP responsive FAQ with category plugin
    3.9.5
  • essentialplugin / WP News and Scrolling Widgets
    5.0.6
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H