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
Read more https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/backdoored-smart-slider-3-pro-update.html
