CVE-2026-86815

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.4%

Medium (5.5). EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The BackWPup WordPress plugin before 5.7.5 does not properly restrict access to several of its REST API routes for job, backup-destination, and backup-execution management, allowing users holding a BackWPup WordPress plugin before 5.7.5-defined, administrator-assigned limited role to create and run backup jobs and exfiltrate a full database backup to an attacker-controlled destination.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 32% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-862
Published: 2026-09-11
Modified: 2026-09-11
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fa66c458-f14f-47bc-87e6-b603200ef8e9/

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