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MainWP UpdraftPlus Extension <= 4.0.6 — Missing Authorization

94f7f2d2-e90b-4978-bab8-eee160949567Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤4.0.6Update to 4.0.7 or newer

All remediation steps
Watch plugin
Severity
Medium6.5
CVSS
6.5
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:N Privileges required
None
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:N Confidentiality
None
I:L Integrity
Low
A:L Availability
Low
Weakness
CWE-862 Missing Authorization
Required access
No account needed
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
On this page8

Am I affected?

MainWP UpdraftPlus Extension mainwp-updraftplus-extension

  1. Affected≤ 4.0.6
  2. Patched in4.0.7

Update to 4.0.7 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 4.0.6. Version 4.0.7 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under MainWP UpdraftPlus Extension.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
  • No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.

What to do

  1. Update to version 4.0.7, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch MainWP UpdraftPlus Extension to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Patchstack.

The MainWP UpdraftPlus Extension for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check when updating settings in versions up to, and including, 4.0.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the plugin's settings.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

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All 3
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≤4.0.7Update to 4.0.8
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Medium5.4Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Plugin Activation
≤4.0.6Update to 4.0.7
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Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity medium, CVSS 6.5

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
VulnCrest content
Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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