Total Upkeep <= 1.16.6 — Authenticated (Administrator+) Remote Code Execution via Backup Settings
CVE-2024-9461Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.16.6Update to 1.16.7 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.2
- CVSS
- 7.2CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:HPrivileges required- High
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- Unknown
- 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≤ 1.16.6
- Patched in1.16.7
Update to 1.16.7 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.16.6. Version 1.16.7 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under 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.
What to do
- Update to version 1.16.7, 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 Jonas Benjamin Friedli.
The Total Upkeep – WordPress Backup Plugin plus Restore & Migrate by BoldGrid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.16.6 via the cron_interval parameter. This is due to missing input validation and sanitization. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to execute code on the server.
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 7.2
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.
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- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.