{"id":"thehackernews-98fe862721ad","seq":2931,"kind":"news","title":"Popular WordPress SEO Plugin Rank Math PRO Hijacked to Deliver Self-Restoring Backdoor","url":"https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/popular-wordpress-seo-plugin-rank-math.html","permalink":"https://vulnpulse.app/items/thehackernews-98fe862721ad","summary":"Copies of Rank Math PRO, the paid version of the Rank Math SEO plugin for WordPress, that were downloaded from rankmath.com or delivered as updates between 20:02 UTC on October 15 and 07:12 UTC on October 16 contained malware, Rank Math said in a security notice published on October 16. Any site that installed and activated one of those copies should be treated as compromised, and the","severity":null,"techs":["wordpress","php"],"cves":[],"tags":["security"],"source":{"id":"thehackernews","name":"The Hacker News"},"published_at":"2026-10-19T16:28:47.000Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-21T16:17:48.024Z"}