# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-6443"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-04-17T06:44:49.128Z"
updatedAt: "2026-04-21T19:53:07.705Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:25.636Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-6443"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-6443.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-6443"
title: "Essentialplugin Plugins (Various Versions) - Injected Backdoor"
summary: "All plugins by Essentialplugin for WordPress are vulnerable to an injected backdoor in various versions. 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."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"1.4.6","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"essentialplugin","product":"Accordion and Accordion Slider","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"1.5.6","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"essentialplugin","product":"Portfolio and Projects","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"1.5.7","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"essentialplugin","product":"Featured Post Creative","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"1.7.4","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"essentialplugin","product":"Post grid and filter ultimate","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"1.7.6","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"essentialplugin","product":"WP Featured Content and Slider","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"1.7.6","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"essentialplugin","product":"Post Ticker Ultimate","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"1.8.6","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"essentialplugin","product":"Trending/Popular Post Slider and Widget","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"2.0.8","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"essentialplugin","product":"Meta Slider and Carousel with Lightbox","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"2.1.8","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"essentialplugin","product":"Album and Image Gallery Plus Lightbox","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"2.4.5","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"essentialplugin","product":"Timeline and History slider","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"2.6.6","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"essentialplugin","product":"WP Blog and Widgets","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"2.6.9","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"essentialplugin","product":"Countdown Timer Ultimate","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"2.7.7","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"essentialplugin","product":"Blog Designer – Post and Widget","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"2.8.6","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"essentialplugin","product":"Team Slider and Team Grid Showcase plus Team Carousel","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"2.8.7","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"essentialplugin","product":"Video gallery and Player","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"2.9.1","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"essentialplugin","product":"Popup Maker and Popup Anything – Popup for opt-ins and Lead Generation Conversions","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"3.5.6","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"essentialplugin","product":"Testimonial Grid and Testimonial Slider plus Carousel with Rotator Widget","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"3.7.1","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"essentialplugin","product":"WP Responsive Recent Post Slider/Carousel","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"3.7.8.1","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"essentialplugin","product":"WP Slick Slider and Image Carousel","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"3.8.7","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"essentialplugin","product":"WP Logo Showcase Responsive Slider and Carousel","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"3.9.5","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"essentialplugin","product":"WP responsive FAQ with category plugin","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.0.6","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"essentialplugin","product":"WP News and Scrolling Widgets","defaultStatus":"unaffected"}]

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