Prime Mover – Backup and Migration <= 2.2.0 — Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary Directory Deletion
CVE-2026-101889Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.2.0Update to 2.2.1 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.1
- CVSS
- 7.1CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-22 Path Traversal
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Prime Mover – Backup and Migration prime-mover
- Affected≤ 2.2.0
- Patched in2.2.1
Update to 2.2.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.2.0. Version 2.2.1 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Prime Mover – Backup and Migration.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 2.2.1, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Prime Mover – Backup and Migration to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Sarvar Eshboyev.
The Prime Mover – Backup and Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.0. This is due to insufficient validation of a user supplied path. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to delete directories outside of the intended directory.
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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|---|---|---|---|
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection via Base64-Encoded Comment during Migration Search-and-Replace ≤2.2.1Update to 2.2.2 | CVE-2026-115806 | |
| Medium4.4 | Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤2.2.0Update to 2.2.1 | CVE-2026-101890 | |
| High8.8 | Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Upload ≤2.2.0Update to 2.2.1 | CVE-2026-101888 | |
| High7.5 | Sensitive Information Exposure via Directory Listing ≤1.9.2Update to 1.9.3 | CVE-2023-6505 | |
| Medium6.3 | Missing Authorization Checks all versionsNo patch available | CVE-2022-4974 |
- Critical9.8Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection via Base64-Encoded Comment during Migration Search-and-Replace
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- Medium4.4Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
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- High7.5Sensitive Information Exposure via Directory Listing
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- Medium6.3Missing Authorization Checks
all versionsNo patch available
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.1
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.
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