CVE-2026-12685

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Unknownescortwp0 <= 3.6.2affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-912 Hidden Functionality

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: poc
    • Automatable: yes
    • Technical Impact: partial

References