# MainWP Child – Securely Connects to the MainWP Dashboard to Manage Multiple Sites

> MainWP Child establishes a secure link between your WordPress sites and your self-hosted MainWP Dashboard, simplifying site management.

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `mainwp-child`
- Author: mainwp
- Version: 6.4.2
- Active installs: 700,000+
- Last update: 2026-11-10 (3 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 6.2, PHP 7.4
- Tags: backups, monitoring, security, site management, update
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/mainwp-child/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 3 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, Clashes ↔ Plays well, Flaky ↔ Reliable, Cluttered ↔ Clean, Paywalled ↔ Generous, Phones home ↔ Private, Slow ↔ Responsive.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-10-08 HIGH: Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection (up to 6.2.1). CVE-2026-105436, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8ad6ddec-e25f-4553-a116-25a44acdcbbf?source=api-prod
- 2026-06-25 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 6.1.1). CVE-2026-27366, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9e9c03af-4d4d-4de6-97a7-416ce22ab2aa?source=api-prod
- 2024-12-12 HIGH: Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation (up to 5.3.3). CVE-2024-10783, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9156e536-a58e-4d78-b136-af8a9613ee23?source=api-prod
- 2023-06-23 MEDIUM: Information Disclosure via Back-Up Files (up to 4.4.1.1). CVE-2023-3132, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a1fadba1-674f-4f3d-997f-d29d3a887414?source=api-prod
- 2021-10-25 HIGH: SQL Injection via orderby,  order Parameters (before 4.1.8). CVE-2021-24877, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8a303875-ad8c-40ed-a3ab-4a63080c9845?source=api-prod
- 2018-02-18 HIGH: Authentication Bypass (before 3.4.5). WF-f83f878d-b708-4677-929a-e1ced535d99f, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f83f878d-b708-4677-929a-e1ced535d99f?source=api-prod
- 2015-09-07 MEDIUM: Multiple Cross-Site Scripting (up to 2.0.27). WF-a5a34838-fdc5-4954-9576-abf81cbaac2e, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a5a34838-fdc5-4954-9576-abf81cbaac2e?source=api-prod
- 2015-08-07 HIGH: Unspecified Vulnerability (up to 2.0.22). WF-71d63f0d-ce01-489e-bcc4-7632f1a4bb04, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/71d63f0d-ce01-489e-bcc4-7632f1a4bb04?source=api-prod
- 2015-03-09 CRITICAL: Authentication Bypass (before 2.0.9.2). WF-84019c69-32fd-4331-95d7-53ea1aaff616, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/84019c69-32fd-4331-95d7-53ea1aaff616?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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