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#8 The Hacker News general April 10, 2026 at 06:28 UTC

Backdoored Smart Slider 3 Pro Update Distributed via Compromised Nextend Servers

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

AI Summary

Threat actors compromised Nextend's update servers to distribute a backdoored version of Smart Slider 3 Pro (version 3.5.1.35) for WordPress and Joomla. The supply chain attack affects a popular slider plugin with over 800,000 active WordPress installations, demonstrating how attackers target plugin update mechanisms to achieve widespread distribution.

Relevance score: 78.0/100

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