ShellCodeX vulnerability brief
CRITICAL
Received
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).
Published 13 Aug 2026, 09:17 UTC
Last modified 13 Aug 2026, 09:17 UTC
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Attack profile
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Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
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Affected products
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Weakness classification
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Weakness classification is still awaiting analysis.
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Source references
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