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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00222.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Unknown escortwp unknown
Version Status Constraints
0 affected ≤ 3.6.2

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Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0e5f5730-167d-4853-a764-bb9e3d62fdc4/ cve-icon
History

Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-200
CWE-284

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-200
CWE-284

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-200
CWE-284

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 05:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-596
CWE-862

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
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: 2026-07-10T15:04:42.106Z

Reserved: 2026-06-19T08:15:52.985Z

Link: CVE-2026-12685

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-10T15:04:32.284Z

cve-icon NVD

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cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-26T14:15:18Z

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