Smart Slider 3 Pro update hijack pushed malware to WordPress and Joomla sites
VPN Central [Unofficial]
April 12, 2026
Website owners who use Smart Slider 3 Pro should check their installations right away. Nextend says attackers breached the plugin’s update infrastructure and pushed a malicious Smart Slider 3 Pro version 3.5.1.35 for both WordPress and Joomla before the company pulled it and released a clean 3.5.1.36 build. This was not a normal plugin flaw. […]
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