CVE-2026-82841: Unknown Updraftplus: Wp Backup & Migration Plugin

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin WordPress plugin before 1.26.8, UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin WordPress plugin before 2.26.8.26 does not have any capability check in a routine that outputs its stored remote storage settings into admin pages when the site is left in a particular post-migration state, allowing any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, to retrieve the credentials of the configured backup destinations, such as passwords and secret keys.

Affected products

• Unknown Updraftplus: Wp Backup & Migration Plugin: from 1.23.8, before 1.26.8 (fixed in 1.26.8); from 2.23.8, before 2.26.8.26 (fixed in 2.26.8.26)

Published 2026-09-27. Last modified 2026-09-28.