CVE-2026-115242

WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging < 0.9.137 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Path Traversal

2026-11-04 00:00
Karthik Ramakrishnan

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 0.9.137
Affected Plugin
WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging
Affected Version
< 0.9.137
CVSS
4.9Medium
Weakness type
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
CVE
CVE-2026-115242
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At a glance

CVE-2026-115242 is a medium-severity Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory vulnerability in the WPvivid WordPress plugin, affecting versions < 0.9.137. It carries a CVSS score of 4.9 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Administrator level or above. The issue is fixed in version 0.9.137; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed November 2026, reported by Karthik Ramakrishnan.

Vulnerability Overview

The WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to 0.9.137. This is due to insufficient validation of a user supplied path. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to access files and directories outside of the intended directory.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality.

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

Reaching this weakness in WPvivid < 0.9.137 takes an account at Administrator level or above. Path traversal happens when user-controlled text is used to build a filesystem path without being constrained to an intended directory, so sequences like ../ walk the resolved path somewhere else.

Depending on the operation, it means reading files outside the intended folder — wp-config.php being the usual target — or writing to and deleting paths the web server can touch. For WPvivid the fix is 0.9.137: builds < 0.9.137 are affected, anything from 0.9.137 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 0.9.137, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

An attacker needs Administrator access first, so the firewall sees the attempt as traffic from a logged-in account: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: WPvivid 0.9.137 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-115242https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bec86d1a-cdae-41f6-bee8-db518141b310https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115242

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