{"id":"CVE-2026-86827","title":"The BackWPup  WordPress plugin before 5.7.7 does not verify that a request to its cron-triggered backup execution handler actually originates from WordPress's internal scheduled-event dispatch, allowing unauthenticated attackers to force…","summary":"The BackWPup  WordPress plugin before 5.7.7 does not verify that a request to its cron-triggered backup execution handler actually originates from WordPress's internal scheduled-event dispatch, allowing unauthenticated attackers to force…","severity":"none","cwe":["CWE-862"],"product":"BackWPup","affected":["BackWPup >= 3.3 < 5.7.7"],"published":"2026-10-08","updated":"2026-10-08","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-08T06:16:44.987","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86827","references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c7785a5b-f580-416f-a23d-58c28c717b60/","label":"contact@wpscan.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-08T07:18:54.842Z","slug":"CVE-2026-86827","body":"## Overview\n\nThe BackWPup  WordPress plugin before 5.7.7 does not verify that a request to its cron-triggered backup execution handler actually originates from WordPress's internal scheduled-event dispatch, allowing unauthenticated attackers to force any existing backup job to run immediately, independent of its configured trigger type or schedule.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}