CVE-2026-19453: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management in JetBackup
The JetBackup WordPress plugin before 3.1.23.5 does not verify the role or capabilities of the account it preserves across a restore or migration before granting it administrator privileges, allowing a subscriber-level user to gain administrator access after the site owner restores or migrates the site.
CVE-2026-19453: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management in JetBackup
Description
The JetBackup WordPress plugin before 3.1.23.5 does not verify the role or capabilities of the account it preserves across a restore or migration before granting it administrator privileges, allowing a subscriber-level user to gain administrator access after the site owner restores or migrates the site.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.1high
Affected software
Weaknesses
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-10T14:10:15.826Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a97bd33acd9273b49d9bbb7
Added to database: 09/02/2026, 06:07:47 UTC
Last updated: 09/03/2026, 01:41:57 UTC
Views: 15
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