WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

BackWPup < 5.7.7 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Data Disclosure via Restore Working Directory on NGINX

Description

The plugin 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.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 5.7.7

References

Classification

Type
SENSITIVE DATA DISCLOSURE
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Philipp Doblhofer
Submitter
Philipp Doblhofer
Submitter website
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-10-06 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-10-06 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-10-06 (about 1 day ago)

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