WordPress Backup Migration plugin <= 1.1.5 - Authenticated Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Priority LOW 25CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Authenticated Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability discovered in WordPress Backup Migration plugin <= 1.1.5 versions.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0057 47th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-36884
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5q55-ghjj-wjrp
References
More migrate Backup Migration vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-06004 Backup Migration <= 1.3.7 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-05759 Backup Migration Staging < 1.3.6 - Sensitive Data Exposure CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-06399 Backup Migration <= 1.3.9 - Authenticated (Admin+) OS Command Injection via url CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2023-06373 The Backup Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote File Inclusion in… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-06374 Backup Migration <= 1.3.9 - Unauthenticated Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Deletion CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-05754 Backup Migration <= 1.3.6 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Backup Download to Sensitive Information Exposure CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2021-36884 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-36884 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5q55-ghjj-wjrp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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