Medium 6.5Published Jan 22, 2026

CVE-2025-68039WordPress WP BackItUp plugin <= 2.1.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 4:10 PM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Chris Simmons WP BackItUp wp-backitup allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP BackItUp: from n/a through <= 2.1.0.

CVSS: 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Weakness (CWE): CWE-862
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Patchstack
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Apr 28, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Chris Simmons WP BackItUp chris_simmons:wp_backitup (from the name)	through 2.1.0	CNA record

References

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-backitup/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-backitup-plugin-2-0-0-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve	vdb-entry

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