CVE-2026-86826
BackWPup < 5.7.7 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Data Disclosure via Restore Working Directory on NGINX
MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 0.2%
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.
- Affected
- BackWPup
- CVSS v3.1 CNA
- 5.9 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - EPSS
- 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 11th percentile
- Published
- 2026-10-08