The BackWPup WordPress plugin before 5.7.7 does not properly restrict web access to the working directory it uses during backup restores, allowing…
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.
Read at NIST National Vulnerability Database (CVE API 2.0)
- Vendor
- F5
- Product
- NGINX, WordPress core, WordPress plugins / themes
- Exposure class
- Web platform
Why it ranks 5 (Routine)
- Product class: web platform
- Recency: items published within 24 hours gain 15, within 72 hours 6, within 7 days 2.
Links
- NIST National Vulnerability Database (CVE API 2.0) (nvd.nist.gov)
- CVE-2026-86826 on this site · NVD · CVE.org · Vulnpedia
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