CVE-2026-15413

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).

Score

CVSS 3.1 10.0 Critical

Status

Deferred - contact@wpscan.com

Published

2026-08-13

Last modified

2026-08-13

Weaknesses

CWE-912

Affected products

• Link Factory (Unknown)

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4cad269d-0146-4ca9-a1ae-55f02c8e5433/