CVE-2017-16871: Updraftplus

High severity, CVSS 8.1. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The UpdraftPlus plugin through 1.13.12 for WordPress allows remote PHP code execution because the plupload_action function in /wp-content/plugins/updraftplus/admin.php has a race condition before deleting a file associated with the name parameter. NOTE: the vendor reports that this does not cross a privilege boundary

Affected products

• Updraftplus Updraftplus: up to and including 1.13.12

Published 2017-11-17. Last modified 2026-06-17.