CVE-2026-12685 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

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References

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

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0e5f5730-167d-4853-a764-bb9e3d62fdc4/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-07-10T06:00:02.207Z

Updated: 2026-07-10T15:04:42.106Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-12685

Vulnrichment

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

NVD

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Redhat

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