medium5.9
CVE-2026-86826
The BackWPup WordPress plugin before 5.7.7 does not properly restrict web access to the working directory it uses during backup restores, allowing unauthentica…
Impact
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 products
| Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|
| BackWPup WordPress Plugin | before 5.7.7 |
Versions were read from the advisory text. No structured product data has been published for this record yet.