Description
The EscortWP escortwp WordPress theme through 3.6.2 was distributed with a vendor-authored, obfuscated backdoor that lets an unauthenticated attacker who supplies a hard-coded, per-build key permanently delete all of the site's content, and that covertly transmits the site URL, administrator email address, and license key to a third-party server.
Published:
2026-07-10
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Analysis
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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
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| Unknown | escortwp | unknown |
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History
Fri, 10 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | The EscortWP escortwp WordPress theme through 3.6.2 was distributed with a vendor-authored, obfuscated backdoor that lets an unauthenticated attacker who supplies a hard-coded, per-build key permanently delete all of the site's content, and that covertly transmits the site URL, administrator email address, and license key to a third-party server. | |
| Title | EscortWP <= 3.6.2 - Content Deletion via Vendor-Authored Backdoor | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published:
Updated: 2026-07-10T06:00:02.207Z
Reserved: 2026-06-19T08:15:52.985Z
Link: CVE-2026-12685
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