{"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":"medium","cvss":5.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","cwe":["CWE-862"],"product":"BackWPup","affected":["BackWPup >= 3.3 < 5.7.7"],"published":"2026-10-08","updated":"2026-10-08","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-08T20:51:18.123","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"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"yes","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-10-08T10:55:34.997021Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-10-08T07:18:54.842Z","epss":0.00218,"epssPercentile":0.12174,"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":29,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":29.2,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":217987,"id":"CVE-2026-86827","ts":1791459568683,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"5.3"},{"seq":217986,"id":"CVE-2026-86827","ts":1791459568683,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"medium"}]}