Uncanny Automator Pro 7.3.0.5 — Maliciously Injected Backdoor
CVE-2026-12375Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: 7.3.0.5 – 7.3.0.5Update to 7.3.0.6 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Critical9.8
- CVSS
- 9.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-506 Embedded Malicious Code
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Uncanny Automator Pro uncanny-automator-pro
- Affected7.3.0.5 – 7.3.0.5
- Patched in7.3.0.6
Update to 7.3.0.6 or newer.
You are affected if you run 7.3.0.5 – 7.3.0.5. Version 7.3.0.6 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Uncanny Automator Pro.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 7.3.0.6, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Uncanny Automator Pro to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Mike Gozdiskowski.
The Uncanny Automator Pro plugin for WordPress contains a backdoor in all versions up to, and including, 7.3.0.5. This is due to plugin's distribution server getting compromised. This made it possible for attackers to access compromised instances.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Uncanny Automator Pro
All 5| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High7.5 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection ≤7.3.0.6Update to 7.3.0.7 | CVE-2026-56057 | |
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ≤5.3Update to 5.3.0.1 | CVE-2024-37117 | |
| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated License Setting Reset <5.3.0.1Update to 5.3.0.1 | CVE-2024-37119 | |
| Medium4.3 | Cross-Site Request Forgery to License Setting Reset <5.3.0.1Update to 5.3.0.1 | CVE-2024-37118 |
- High7.5Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection
≤7.3.0.6Update to 7.3.0.7
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤5.3Update to 5.3.0.1
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated License Setting Reset
<5.3.0.1Update to 5.3.0.1
- Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery to License Setting Reset
<5.3.0.1Update to 5.3.0.1
Timeline
CVE published
Severity critical, CVSS 9.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
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- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.