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supply chain · Tue 11 Aug 2026 · 05:48 UTC

BdThemes Supply Chain Attack Poisons JSON to Create Rogue WordPress Admins

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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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