BackWPup < 5.7.7 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Data Disclosure via Restore Working Directory on NGINX
Exact source revision recorded 23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC. It does not establish the source's current position. Latest evidence.
cve-program · CVE-2026-86826
PublishedThe 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.
- Source published
- 8 Oct 2026 06:00:07 UTC
- Source modified
- 8 Oct 2026 10:59:18 UTC
- Observed here
- 23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC
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