CVE-2026-6443 (GCVE-0-2026-6443)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-17 06:44 – Updated: 2026-04-17 18:49
VLAI?
Title
Accordion and Accordion Slider 1.4.6 - Injected Backdoor
Summary
The Accordion and Accordion Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to an injected backdoor in version 1.4.6. 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.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-506 - Embedded Malicious Code
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
essentialplugin Accordion and Accordion Slider Affected: 1.4.6
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Credits
Eu Joe Chegne Damien
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