Total Upkeep <= 1.15.8 — Improper Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Download
CVE-2024-24869Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.15.8Update to 1.15.9 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.5
- CVSS
- 7.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-285 Improper Authorization
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Total Upkeep – WordPress Backup Plugin plus Restore & Migrate by BoldGrid boldgrid-backup
- Affected≤ 1.15.8
- Patched in1.15.9
Update to 1.15.9 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.15.8. Version 1.15.9 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Total Upkeep – WordPress Backup Plugin plus Restore & Migrate by BoldGrid.
- 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 1.15.9, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Total Upkeep – WordPress Backup Plugin plus Restore & Migrate by BoldGrid to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to beluga.
The Total Upkeep – WordPress Backup Plugin plus Restore & Migrate by BoldGrid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to an improper authorization check in all versions up to, and including, 1.15.8. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to download arbitrary files using the plugin's CLI functionality.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Total Upkeep – WordPress Backup Plugin plus Restore & Migrate by BoldGrid
All 9| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Information Exposure <1.17.3Update to 1.17.3 | CVE-2026-16253 | |
| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization ≤1.17.2Update to 1.17.3 | CVE-2026-66708 | |
| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Rollback Cancellation ≤1.17.1Update to 1.17.2 | CVE-2026-3143 | |
| High7.2 | Authenticated (Admin+) Command Injection ≤1.16.10Update to 1.17.0 | CVE-2025-2257 | |
| Medium4.9 | Authenticated (Administrator+) Server-Side Request Forgery ≤1.16.8Update to 1.16.9 | CVE-2024-13907 |
- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Information Exposure
<1.17.3Update to 1.17.3
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤1.17.2Update to 1.17.3
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Rollback Cancellation
≤1.17.1Update to 1.17.2
- High7.2Authenticated (Admin+) Command Injection
≤1.16.10Update to 1.17.0
- Medium4.9Authenticated (Administrator+) Server-Side Request Forgery
≤1.16.8Update to 1.16.9
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. 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.