WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
WP BackItUp Community Edition <= 2.1.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Read via 'backup_file' Parameter
Description
The WP BackItUp Community Edition plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.0 via the 'backup_file' parameter parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information. The basename() normalization present in the handler only executes when the traversed target path does not exist, providing no protection against reads of existing files.
Affects Plugins
References
Classification
Type
LFI
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Nikola Kojic
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-09-09 (about 1 month ago)
Added
2026-09-09 (about 1 month ago)
Last Updated
2026-09-10 (about 1 month ago)