CVE-2026-15413
Link Factory - Backdoor
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).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Link Factory - Backdoor
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).
- Record
CVE-2026-15413- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-912
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-57747
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).
- Record
EUVD-2026-57747- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p2hj-vx9x-4rh8
The Link Factory WordPress plugin is a backdoor. Distributed as a "homepage sentence publisher",...
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).
- Record
GHSA-p2hj-vx9x-4rh8- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-912
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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).
- Record
CVE-2026-15413- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-912
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-15413 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Unknown Link Factory, published August 13, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.52%, the 44th percentile. No source names a fixed version.