VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2026-15413
CVSS score10 CRITICAL
EPSS probability0.52%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-08-13
Last modified2026-08-26
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
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).
Weakness classification
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-912