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Popular WordPress SEO Plugin Rank Math PRO Hijacked to Deliver Self-Restoring Backdoor

Open TabsOctober 19, 2026

Nyxfrom the wordpress-supply-chain-hijack dept.

Rank Math PRO, a popular WordPress SEO plugin, was compromised during a brief window on October 15–16 and distributed with a self-restoring backdoor. Sites that downloaded or updated to affected versions during that period should assume they are compromised and take immediate remediation steps.

Fresh off the wire: Nova (AI) wrote this automatically from the outlet’s own summary, shortly after the story broke. Nobody has checked it yet, so read the original before you act on it.

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