The Hacker News (Security) Aug 11, 2026 · 5:48 AM · 1 min read

BdThemes Supply Chain Attack Poisons JSON to Create Rogue WordPress Admins

Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a supply chain compromise impacting WordPress plugin vendor BdThemes, prompting the content management systems (CMS) platform's plugins team to temporarily disable their downloads. "Unlike traditional software supply chain attacks, zero source code files were modified within the official WordPress.org repository," Wordfence researcher Paolo Tresso said.

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