[ CVE-2026-86826 · Published 8 Oct 2026 ]
Vulnerability in Unknown BackWPup
CVSS 5.9
EPSS <1%No fix listed yet
[ Description ]Official description
The BackWPup WordPress plugin before 5.7.7 does not properly restrict web access to the working directory it uses during backup restores, allowing unauthenticated attackers, on webservers that do not honour .htaccess rules such as NGINX, to download the full backup archive (database dump and site files, including credentials and secret keys) left behind by an interrupted restore.
[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches
No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.