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#5 The Hacker News general June 22, 2026 at 18:00 UTC

ShapedPlugin WordPress Pro Plugins Backdoored in Supply Chain Attack

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

AI Summary

Wordfence confirmed a supply chain attack against ShapedPlugin's WordPress Pro plugins, where threat actors compromised the vendor's build and distribution pipeline to inject backdoor code into official licensed update releases. The attack targeted users of ShapedPlugin's premium plugin suite distributed through legitimate update channels, making detection difficult for site owners who trusted the update mechanism. WordPress administrators running ShapedPlugin Pro products should audit installed plugin versions and check for unauthorized code immediately.

Relevance score: 82.0/100

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