What is GHSA-p2hj-vx9x-4rh8?

GHSA-p2hj-vx9x-4rh8 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. The Link Factory WordPress plugin is a backdoor. Distributed as a "homepage sentence publisher",...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-p2hj-vx9x-4rh8 cover?

GHSA-p2hj-vx9x-4rh8 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-15413. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-p2hj-vx9x-4rh8?

GHSA-p2hj-vx9x-4rh8 has a CVSS v3 base score of 10.0, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-p2hj-vx9x-4rh8CriticalCVSS 10.0

The Link Factory WordPress plugin is a backdoor. Distributed as a "homepage sentence publisher",...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 13, 2026

Last Modified

August 13, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-15413 →

📋 Description

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).

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15413
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4cad269d-0146-4ca9-a1ae-55f02c8e5433
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p2hj-vx9x-4rh8