WordPress plugin
Duplicator < 0.5.10 — Arbitrary Backup Creation and Download
CVE-2014-9262Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <0.5.10Update to 0.5.10 or newer
All remediation steps1M+ active installs
Watch plugin- Severity
- High8.2
- CVSS
- 8.2CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More duplicator
- Affected< 0.5.10
- Patched in0.5.10
- Latest5.1.1
Update to 0.5.10 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 0.5.10. Version 0.5.10 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More.
- 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
- Update to version 0.5.10, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Kacper Szurek.
The Duplicator plugin in Wordpress before 0.5.10 allows remote authenticated users to create and download backup files.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Full Path Disclosure <5.1.0Update to 5.1.0 | CVE-2026-112244 | |
| Medium6.5 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection <5.1.0Update to 5.1.0 | CVE-2026-115262 | |
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting <5.1.0Update to 5.1.0 | CVE-2026-112243 | |
| High7.2 | Authenticated (Multisite Subsite Admin+) Arbitrary Code Execution ≤1.5.17Update to 5.0.0 | CVE-2026-115251 | |
| High8.8 | Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection ≤1.5.17Update to 5.0.0 | CVE-2026-82814 |
- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Full Path Disclosure
<5.1.0Update to 5.1.0
- Medium6.5Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection
<5.1.0Update to 5.1.0
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
<5.1.0Update to 5.1.0
- High7.2Authenticated (Multisite Subsite Admin+) Arbitrary Code Execution
≤1.5.17Update to 5.0.0
- High8.8Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
≤1.5.17Update to 5.0.0
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.2
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- 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.