AEGLIX vulnerability intelligence
CVE-2026-6443
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 · Deferred
Published: 2026-04-17 · Updated: 2026-10-26 · Source: NVD
Stored catalog record
Source record retrieved 2026-10-28T10:19:11.854397+00:00. Scheduled imports handle updates; this page does not assert that the provider was queried just now.
Vulnerability overview
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.
Patch review priority
Critical technical severity
- CVSS is at least 9.0; exploitation is not established by severity alone.
FIRST EPSS: 0.50% · percentile 42.3 · score date 2026-10-27.
EPSS estimates probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It does not measure your exposure or prove exploitation. The elevated threshold is 10%; CISA KEV takes precedence. About FIRST EPSS ↗
Severity and scoring
- CVSS score
- 9.8 · CRITICAL
- CVSS version
- 3.1
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-506
CVSS measures technical severity; it does not establish whether this vulnerability is being exploited in your environment.
Known exploitation and remediation
Not listed in the CISA catalog retrieved for this record. This does not establish that exploitation has not occurred.
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Affected products and versions
NVD has not supplied affected-version configurations for this record. Check the vendor references below.