CVE-2026-93953

LOWCVSS 8.0 · HIGH

Signal is active with 2 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

The Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the Biographical Info field (second-order, via restore) in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.8 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and the lack of sufficient preparation on an existing SQL query. Backuply exports the Biographical Info value verbatim inside an INSERT statement written to the backup's SQL dump (wp_usermeta). When an Administrator later restores such a backup, the crafted payload breaks out of that INSERT statement and appends attacker-controlled SQL that executes with full database privileges. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to write arbitrary data to the database — in particular to update the default_role option in wp_options to administrator (and enable open user registration) — so that a subsequently registered account is automatically granted the Administrator role, resulting in privilege escalation and full site takeover. Because the injection executes inside an INSERT during restore with no response returned to the attacker, the primitive is used to modify database records rather than to read existing data directly.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-89

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

STABLE

Threat summary

  • 3 mentions across 2 observed days
  • Momentum state: stable

What's happening

  • Peaked at 2 mentions on most recent observed day (2026-10-16)
  • 3 total mentions across 2 days

Deep dive

Activity timeline3 mentions / 2d
01122Mentions · 2026-10-15: 1Mentions · 2026-10-16: 210-1510-16
Referenced assets3 URLs
Full discourse3 posts
  • 株式会社mgn@mgn_jpn

    🛠 Backuply の脆弱性が修正されました(深刻度 高) 60万サイト以上が利用 / CVSS 8 1.5.9 に更新してください https://shindan.m-g-n.me/alerts/cve-2026-93953/

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  • Daily CyberSecurity@Daily_CyberSec

    Update the Backuply WordPress plugin to 1.5.9 to fix CVE-2026-93953, a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability impacting 600,000 sites. #WordPress #Backuply #SQLInjection #Wordfence #Cybersecurity #Vulnerability #InfoSec https://securityonline.info/backuply-wordpress-plugin-sql-injection-vulnerability/

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  • Orion84@Orion84x

    Backuply 1.5.8 and earlier: a subscriber biography can become SQL that runs when an admin restores a database backup. CVSS 8.0. Fix is 1.5.9. Update before the next restore. #CVE #WordPress Link: https://www.mitss.co.za/blog/our-blog-1/backuply-cve-2026-93953-169

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