CVE-2026-18386
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Puntuación base: 4.9
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.73%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 53
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
CWE
- CWE-22
Referencias
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-backitup/tags/2.0.0/lib/includes/class-wpbackitup-admin.php#L1391
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-backitup/tags/2.0.0/lib/includes/handler_download.php#L30
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-backitup/tags/2.0.0/lib/includes/handler_download.php#L73
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-backitup/tags/2.0.0/lib/includes/handler_download.php#L77
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-backitup/tags/2.1.0/lib/includes/class-wpbackitup-admin.php#L1391
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-backitup/tags/2.1.0/lib/includes/handler_download.php#L30
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-backitup/tags/2.1.0/lib/includes/handler_download.php#L73
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-backitup/tags/2.1.0/lib/includes/handler_download.php#L77
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/50272c8a-2e23-490d-8865-68ae49228895?source=cve
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