> Backdoored Smart Slider 3 Pro Update Distributed via Compromised Nextend Servers
[DATE: 10/04/2026 06:28]
[LANGUAGE: EN]
Unknown threat actors have hijacked the update system for the Smart Slider 3 Pro plugin for WordPress and Joomla to push a poisoned version containing a backdoor.
The incident impacts Smart Slider 3 Pro version 3.5.1.35 for WordPress, per WordPress security company Patchstack. Smart Slider 3 is a popular WordPress slider plugin with more than 800,000 active installations across its free and Pro