CVE-2026-15413 PUBLISHED

Link Factory - Backdoor

Assigner: WPScan
Reserved: 10.07.2026 Published: 13.08.2026 Updated: 13.08.2026

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).

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 10

Product Status

Vendor Unknown
Product Link Factory
Versions Default: unknown
  • affected from 0 to * (incl.)

Credits

  • Erwan LR (WPScan) finder
  • WPScan coordinator

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-912 Hidden Functionality CWE