The Total Upkeep WordPress plugin before 1.17.3 does not adequately protect the secret that authorizes its backup-restore functionality and exposes it to unauthenticated users, allowing them to disclose sensitive backup information and to force a full site restore that overwrites the live site's files and database. This is an incomplete fix of CVE-2020-36848, as the protection added at the time never took effect on distributed copies of the plugin.
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Thu, 03 Sep 2026 07:45:00 +0000
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| Description | The Total Upkeep WordPress plugin before 1.17.3 does not adequately protect the secret that authorizes its backup-restore functionality and exposes it to unauthenticated users, allowing them to disclose sensitive backup information and to force a full site restore that overwrites the live site's files and database. | The Total Upkeep WordPress plugin before 1.17.3 does not adequately protect the secret that authorizes its backup-restore functionality and exposes it to unauthenticated users, allowing them to disclose sensitive backup information and to force a full site restore that overwrites the live site's files and database. This is an incomplete fix of CVE-2020-36848, as the protection added at the time never took effect on distributed copies of the plugin. |
| Title | Total Upkeep (BoldGrid Backup) < 1.17.3 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Data Disclosure and Forced Site Restore via Predictable cron_secret (regression of CVE-2020-36848) | Total Upkeep < 1.17.3 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Data Disclosure and Forced Site Restore via Predictable cron_secret |
Thu, 13 Aug 2026 02:15:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-284 |
Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:30:00 +0000
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Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:30:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-200 CWE-284 |
Wed, 12 Aug 2026 06:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | The Total Upkeep WordPress plugin before 1.17.3 does not adequately protect the secret that authorizes its backup-restore functionality and exposes it to unauthenticated users, allowing them to disclose sensitive backup information and to force a full site restore that overwrites the live site's files and database. | |
| Title | Total Upkeep (BoldGrid Backup) < 1.17.3 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Data Disclosure and Forced Site Restore via Predictable cron_secret (regression of CVE-2020-36848) | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published: 2026-08-12T06:00:14.995Z
Updated: 2026-09-03T07:15:40.433Z
Reserved: 2026-07-20T07:28:57.344Z
Link: CVE-2026-16253
Updated: 2026-08-12T16:08:44.264Z
Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-08-12T06:18:55.103
Modified: 2026-09-03T13:04:35.540
Link: CVE-2026-16253
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