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Vulnerability alerts / October 8, 2026

Vulnerability in BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin — CVE-2026-86826

MediumSeverity
CVSS 5.3
0.2%Estimated exploit probability
EPSS
400,000+ sitesInstalls
5.7.7Fixed in

What to do now

Update BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin to 5.7.7 or later.

Affected versions

  • Everything before 5.7.7

Affected: BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin (plugin, backwpup)

Check: The plugin on wordpress.org / Our record for BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin

What the vulnerability is

The BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to 5.7.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive user or configuration data.

This description is reproduced verbatim from the public vulnerability record.

Sources

Part of this record comes from Wordfence Intelligence. Original: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4f5db0fb-50f4-4ef0-8331-2389341f40c7
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