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.

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Fri, 10 Jul 2026 12:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-596
CWE-862

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0000

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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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cve-icon 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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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-10T12:30:16Z

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