UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin: known security problems
20 known security problems reported for this WordPress plugin, with the affected versions, the fix and what to do.
Updated
In short
There are 20 known security problems on this page. Each one has a fixed version. Updating to version 2.26.8.26 or newer covers every fixed problem listed here.
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Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could use it to harm your site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 1.23.8 up to and including 1.26.7
- From 2.26 up to, but not including, 2.26.8.26
- Fixed in
- 1.26.8, 2.26.8.26
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin to version 2.26.8.26 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-82841
- Report title
- UpdraftPlus 1.23.8 - 1.26.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Exposure
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could trick a logged-in admin into changing settings without knowing (before 1.26.7)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 1.26.7
- Fixed in
- 1.26.7
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin to version 1.26.7 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-76549
- Report title
- UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin < 1.26.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could take over your site as an admin (up to and including 1.26.4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 1.26.4
- Fixed in
- 1.26.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin to version 1.26.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-10795
- Report title
- UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin <= 1.26.4 (free) < 2.26.5 (premium) - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via UpdraftCentral udrpc
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could take over your site as an admin (from 2.0 up to, but not including, 2.26.5)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 2.0 up to, but not including, 2.26.5
- Fixed in
- 2.26.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin to version 2.26.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-10795
- Report title
- UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin <= 1.26.4 (free) < 2.26.5 (premium) - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via UpdraftCentral udrpc
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 1.24.12)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 1.24.12
- Fixed in
- 1.25.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin to version 1.25.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-0215
- Report title
- UpdraftPlus - Backup/Restore <= 1.24.12 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could in some setups, take over your site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 1.23.8 up to and including 1.24.11
- Fixed in
- 1.24.12
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin to version 1.24.12 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-10957
- Report title
- UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin 1.23.8 - 1.24.11 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could trick a logged-in admin into changing settings without knowing (up to and including 1.23.10)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 1.23.10
- Fixed in
- 1.23.11
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin to version 1.23.11 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-5982
- Report title
- UpdraftPlus <= 1.23.10 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Google Drive Storage Update
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 1.23.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 1.23.3
- Fixed in
- 1.23.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin to version 1.23.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-32960
- Report title
- UpdraftPlus <= 1.23.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Cross-Site Scripting via action_authenticate_storage
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could take over your site as an admin
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 1.22.14 up to and including 1.23.2
- From 2.22.14 up to and including 2.23.2
- Fixed in
- 1.23.3, 2.23.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin to version 2.23.3 or newer.
- Report title
- UpdraftPlus 1.22.14 to 1.23.2 and UpdraftPlus (Premium) 2.22.14 to 2.23.2 - Privilege Escalation via updraft_central_ajax_handler
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site (up to and including 1.22.24)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 1.22.24
- Fixed in
- 1.23.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin to version 1.23.1 or newer.
- Report title
- Updraft Plus <= 1.22.24 - Information Disclosure via updraft_ajaxrestore
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (before 1.22.9)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 1.22.9
- Fixed in
- 1.22.9
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin to version 1.22.9 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2022-0864
- Report title
- UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin < 1.22.9 Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site (from 1.16.7 up to, but not including, 1.22.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 1.16.7 up to, but not including, 1.22.3
- Fixed in
- 1.22.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin to version 1.22.3 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2022-0633
- Report title
- UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin < 1.22.3 - Sensitive Information Disclosure
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (from 0.7.4 up to and including 1.16.68)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 0.7.4 up to and including 1.16.68
- Fixed in
- 1.16.69
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin to version 1.16.69 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2021-25089
- Report title
- UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin <= 1.16.68 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via updraft_restore
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (before 1.16.66)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 1.16.66
- Fixed in
- 1.16.66
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin to version 1.16.66 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2021-25022
- Report title
- UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin <= 1.16.65 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could read or delete private files on your server
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 1.16.56
- Fixed in
- 1.16.59
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin to version 1.16.59 or newer.
- Report title
- UpdraftPlus < 1.16.59 - Authenticated (Admin+) Local File Inclusion
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (before 1.6.59)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 1.6.59
- Fixed in
- 1.6.59
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin to version 1.6.59 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2021-24423
- Report title
- UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin < 1.6.59 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (before 1.9.64)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 1.9.64
- Fixed in
- 1.9.64
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin to version 1.9.64 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2015-9360
- Report title
- UpdraftPlus <= 1.9.63 and UpdraftPlus (paid) <= 2.9.63 - Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 1.13.4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 1.13.4
- Fixed in
- 1.13.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin to version 1.13.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2017-18593
- Report title
- UpdraftPlus <= 1.13.4 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 1.9.6.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 1.9.6.3
- Fixed in
- 1.9.6.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin to version 1.9.6.4 or newer.
- Report title
- UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup <= 1.9.6.3 - Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site (before 1.9.51)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 1.9.51
- Fixed in
- 1.9.51
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin to version 1.9.51 or newer.
- Report title
- UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin <= 1.9.50 - Nonce Leak to Authorization Bypass
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Where this comes from
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