CVE-2026-107237

Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule < 1.22.28 - Subscriber+ Staging-to-Live Deployment via wptc_copy_stage_to_live

High 8.2

The Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule WordPress plugin before 1.22.28 does not perform capability or nonce checks on the handler that deploys a staging site to the live site, allowing any authenticated user with a Subscriber account on a WP Time Capsule staging site to overwrite the separate live site's database and configuration and take it offline.

Assigner
WPScan
Published
2026-10-21
Updated
2026-10-21
Reserved
2026-10-07

Scores

SourceCVSSScoreSeverityVector
CISA-ADP3.18.2HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

Affected

VendorProductVersions
Unknown Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule < 1.22.28 (affected)
others: unaffected

References

Full CVE JSON record (5.2)

API · GitHub · cve.org

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