Backdoored Smart Slider 3 Pro Update Distributed via Compromised Nextend Servers

The update system for Smart Slider 3 Pro plugin was compromised by threat actors to distribute a backdoored version.

• •Smart Slider 3 Pro version 3.5.1.35 for WordPress was affected by the compromised update
• •The backdoor was injected through hijacked Nextend servers that handle plugin updates
• •Smart Slider 3 is a popular WordPress slider plugin with over 800,000 active installations
• •The incident affected both WordPress and Joomla versions of the plugin
• •Patchstack, a WordPress security company, reported the incident

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