JetBackup – Backup, Restore & Migrate 3.1.7.9 - 3.1.23.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation

6.3
Improper Privilege Management
CVE CVE-2026-19453
CVSS 6.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published September 3, 2026
Last Updated September 9, 2026
Researcher Jakub Herman

Description

The JetBackup – Backup, Restore & Migrate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions 3.1.7.9 through 3.1.23.3. This is due to insufficient restriction on the capabilities a user may grant themselves. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to elevate their privileges beyond those intended for their role.

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Vulnerability Details for JetBackup – Backup, Restore & Migrate

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug backup (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.1.23.5, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • 3.1.7.9 - 3.1.23.3
Patched Version
  • 3.1.23.5

Recent vulnerabilities in JetBackup – Backup, Restore & Migrate

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 JetBackup – Backup, Restore & Migrate 3.1.18.8 - 3.1.23.3 - Authenticated (Admin+) Backup Download CVE-2026-19454 4.9 Akshat Parikh August 25, 2026
2 JetBackup <= 3.1.19.8 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary Directory Deletion via Path Traversal in 'fileName' Parameter CVE-2026-4853 4.9 lucsob April 16, 2026
3 JetBackup <= 2.0.9.7 - Sensitive Information Exposure via Directory Listing CVE-2023-7165 9.8 Dmitrii Ignatyev February 2, 2024
4 Backup Guard <= 1.6.9 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2022-34148 5.5 Muhammad Daffa October 27, 2022
5 Backup Guard <= 1.5.9 - Authenticated Arbitrary File Upload CVE-2021-24155 7.2 Nguyen Van Khanh February 18, 2021
6 JetBackup – WP Backup, Migrate & Restore <= 1.4.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthorized Backup Location Change CVE-2020-36667 5.4 Chloe Chamberland July 30, 2020
7 JetBackup – WP Backup, Migrate & Restore <= 1.4.0 - Sensitive Information Disclosure CVE-2020-36668 4.3 Chloe Chamberland July 30, 2020
8 JetBackup – WP Backup, Migrate & Restore <= 1.3.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary File Upload CVE-2020-36669 8.8 Chloe Chamberland July 16, 2020
9 BackupGuard <= 1.1.46 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2017-10837 6.1 Chris Liu August 24, 2017
10 Backup Guard <= 1.1.46 - Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2017-18488 6.1 August 11, 2017

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