# BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin

> Back up, restore, and protect your WordPress website with automated backups, cloud storage, one-click recovery, and AI-assisted backup management.

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `backwpup`
- Author: WP Media
- Version: 5.7.8
- Active installs: 400,000+
- Last update: 2026-10-14 (23 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 5.3, PHP 7.4
- Tags: backup, cloud backup, database backup, restore, wordpress backup
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/backwpup/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 23 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Flaky ↔ Reliable, Paywalled ↔ Generous, Slow ↔ Responsive, Behind ↔ Current, Heavy ↔ Light, Pushy ↔ Fair.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-10-08 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Information Exposure (before 5.7.7). CVE-2026-86826, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4f5db0fb-50f4-4ef0-8331-2389341f40c7?source=api-prod
- 2026-10-08 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (3.3 to 5.7.6). CVE-2026-86827, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5c4d337c-1ecd-4314-9698-51165e6afb7c?source=api-prod
- 2026-10-08 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Administrator+) Path Traversal (before 5.7.7). CVE-2026-86828, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7a374bef-5359-41a4-a136-c9f29802766d?source=api-prod
- 2026-09-11 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (5.2.2 to 5.7.4). CVE-2026-86815, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a1f90282-ca24-4f4b-91ea-9f26fda2bcc5?source=api-prod
- 2026-07-27 HIGH: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 5.7.4). CVE-2026-65443, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2dfd592b-cbe9-460a-8b9a-148058d1bd58?source=api-prod
- 2026-04-14 HIGH: Authenticated (Administrator+) Local File Inclusion via 'block_name' Parameter (up to 5.6.6). CVE-2026-6227, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/084e3f78-275b-4692-9cce-e17074f55cfb?source=api-prod
- 2026-02-18 HIGH: Authenticated (BackWPup Helper+) Privilege Escalation via Arbitrary Options Update (5.0.0 to 5.6.2). CVE-2025-15041, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2ab8f440-2910-41a3-8bbc-afb4cafd33b5?source=api-prod
- 2025-10-24 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure (5 to 5.5.0). CVE-2025-10579, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1e9a1484-2000-47fa-9890-fa02eddabcd9?source=api-prod
- 2024-08-16 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Administrator+) Directory Traversal (up to 4.0.1). CVE-2023-5505, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/98085a23-0cb6-442a-a28a-cb5c2890b60d?source=api-prod
- 2024-02-23 LOW: Plaintext Storage of Backup Destination Password (up to 4.0.2). CVE-2023-5775, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4bce4f04-e622-468a-ac7e-5903ad50cc13?source=api-prod
- 2023-12-18 HIGH: Sensitive Information Exposure (up to 4.0.3). CVE-2023-7164, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/85abf905-ec47-4847-b3d6-8570fd5eb287?source=api-prod
- 2023-11-22 HIGH: Authenticated (Administrator+) Directory Traversal (up to 4.0.1). CVE-2023-5504, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e830fe1e-1171-46da-8ee7-0a6654153f18?source=api-prod
- 2017-09-08 HIGH: Unauthenticated Backup Download (before 3.4.2). CVE-2017-2551, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e4c58479-2924-4b56-9c27-3bdf4be388a3?source=api-prod
- 2013-08-21 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Scripting (before 3.0.13). CVE-2013-4626, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dc8c0726-82b7-487e-ba9e-7adc892979d2?source=api-prod
- 2011-03-28 CRITICAL: Remote File Inclusion (up to 1.7.1). CVE-2011-4342, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/515d6e6c-e20d-4fc4-9c56-80020196f2f0?source=api-prod
- 2011-03-02 HIGH: Directory Traversal (before 1.4.1). CVE-2011-5208, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e8a7d3b1-ceb7-4ff9-84e4-bc58a597b2cf?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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