Royal WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration Plugin – Backup WordPress Sites Safely: Cross-site scripting
Royal WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration Plugin – Backup WordPress Sites Safely is affected by cross-site scripting. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed. The published affected range is <= 1.0.16.
- Component
- Royal WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration Plugin – Backup WordPress Sites Safely
- Plugin slug
royal-backup-reset- Affected
- <= 1.0.16
- Safe version
> 1.0.16- Published
- Apr 10, 2026
This CVE was published Apr 10, 2026 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Royal WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration Plugin – Backup WordPress Sites Safely to a release after 1.0.16, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
A safe version is available, so updating to that version or later is the preferred remediation. If an immediate update is not practical, consider a targeted application patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Royal WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'wpr_pending_template' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.16 due to insufficient input validation. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick an administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N