# Backup, Restore and Migrate your sites with XCloner

> XCloner is a backup plugin that allows you to safely back up and restore your WordPress sites. You can send site backups to SFTP, Dropbox, Amazon, Goo …

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `xcloner-backup-and-restore`
- Author: watchful
- Version: 4.8.8
- Active installs: 10,000+
- Last update: 2026-10-28 (9 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.0.8 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 5.1, PHP 7.3
- Tags: backup, cloud backup, database backup, wordpress backup, wordpress migration
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/xcloner-backup-and-restore/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 9 days ago.
- FLAG: Not tested with WordPress 7.1 (tested up to 7.0.8).
- 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

- 2026-06-15 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Exposure (up to 4.8.6). CVE-2026-48965, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/38138775-2069-4878-ae41-06f53c74a0df?source=api-prod
- 2025-12-04 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Request Forgery in Xcloner_Remote_Storage:save() (up to 4.8.2). CVE-2025-11759, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a76a8e36-635a-48a3-8683-c24a0395212e?source=api-prod
- 2024-07-15 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Full Path Disclosure (up to 4.7.3). CVE-2024-6559, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0500c57a-3983-46e4-92fa-85f7fd47eba8?source=api-prod
- 2022-06-06 CRITICAL: Unauthenticated Plugin Settings Reset (up to 4.2.16). CVE-2022-0444, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8e40a954-53c4-453b-85f0-d3febaa6ae84?source=api-prod
- 2020-08-18 HIGH: Unprotected AJAX Actions (4.2.1 to 4.2.12). CVE-2020-35948, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1c703856-9519-4181-9312-dcf862840bd9?source=api-prod
- 2020-08-18 CRITICAL: Cross-Site Request Forgery (before 4.2.153). CVE-2020-35950, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a5b7538f-891a-423f-97d1-b0212efcdb98?source=api-prod
- 2016-12-31 MEDIUM: Path Traversal to Sensitive Information Disclosure (up to 3.1.4). WF-9d2345d2-0bcf-46fc-a857-0ec10a1b1c26, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9d2345d2-0bcf-46fc-a857-0ec10a1b1c26?source=api-prod
- 2015-05-10 CRITICAL: Remote Code Execution (before 3.1.3). CVE-2015-4338, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8d19e18d-6f2e-48e7-b8da-1d399dc4d65c?source=api-prod
- 2015-05-10 HIGH: Remote Command Execution (up to 3.1.2). CVE-2015-4336, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cd7c763f-5c2b-407e-bdb1-4ea34fac5f4d?source=api-prod
- 2015-05-10 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Scripting (up to 3.1.2). CVE-2015-4337, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f06008c0-0ce3-4d78-934e-2a7fa5ce4e98?source=api-prod
- 2014-10-17 HIGH: Sensitive Information Disclosure (before 3.1.2). CVE-2014-8604, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/15abde72-515a-4e1c-af4c-d9da56a5cbe2?source=api-prod
- 2014-10-17 HIGH: Improper Access Control to Information Disclosure (up to 3.1.1). CVE-2014-8605, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6eab3497-bf77-43a8-962d-d63db7290777?source=api-prod
- 2014-10-17 MEDIUM: Directory Traversal (before 3.1.2). CVE-2014-8606, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a9bffba4-5bcd-4ef7-a8d8-84ba452827ab?source=api-prod
- 2014-10-17 HIGH: Remote Code Execution (before 3.1.2). CVE-2014-8603, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b8cdd8b4-52e6-431b-b2f0-bfe1d0c1dd91?source=api-prod
- 2014-10-17 HIGH: Sensitive Information Disclosure (before 3.1.2). CVE-2014-8607, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fae9f282-eb67-4ad9-be2d-677238527934?source=api-prod
- 2014-04-09 CRITICAL: Multiple Cross-Site Request Forgery (before 3.1.1). CVE-2014-2579, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/92d59dd4-7338-40ac-9a73-37e9e85351d7?source=api-prod
- 2014-04-02 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Request Forgery (before 3.1.1). CVE-2014-2340, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/afd05b33-a347-49f6-81f0-879606819ca6?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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