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GHSA-P2HJ-VX9X-4RH8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-13 09:31 – Updated: 2026-08-13 09:31

Details

The Link Factory WordPress plugin is a backdoor. Distributed as a "homepage sentence publisher", it exposes an operator-controlled REST API under /wp-json/link-factory/v1/ - authenticated by a detached Ed25519 signature verified against a hardcoded operator public key (except for the health check).

Severity

10.0 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2026-15413 (GCVE-0-2026-15413)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-13 08:13 – Updated: 2026-08-13 14:23

Title

Link Factory - Backdoor

Summary

Severity

10 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-13 14:22 UTC

CWE

CWE-912 Hidden Functionality
CWE-912 - Hidden Functionality

Assigner

WPScan

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4cad269d-0146-4c…	exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Unknown	Link Factory	Affected: 0 , ≤ * (custom)

Credits

Erwan LR (WPScan) WPScan

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GHSA-P2HJ-VX9X-4RH8

CVE-2026-15413 (GCVE-0-2026-15413)

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