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CVE-2026-15413

CRITICAL 10.0 CVSS 3.1
Published
August 13, 2026
Last modified
August 26, 2026
NVD status
Deferred
Reported by
contact@wpscan.com
Weakness
CWE-912
CVSS vector
CVSS: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).

Affected products and versions

  • Unknown Link Factory — Versions not specified

References

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4cad269d-0146-4ca9-a1ae-55f02c8e5433/
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record