WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2026-8996 Deferred

Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule: Sensitive information exposure

Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule is affected by sensitive information exposure. Exploitation requires an authenticated subscriber account. Successful exploitation can disclose data that should not be available to the caller. The published affected range is <= 1.22.26.

CVE / CNA score 6.5 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule
Plugin slug
wp-time-capsule
Affected
<= 1.22.26
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Jul 09, 2026
Weakness
CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

This CVE was published Jul 09, 2026 and is one of 8 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

No fixed release is identified. Update Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule when a release after 1.22.26 becomes available; until then, disable and remove it when the site's risk warrants. The official upstream changelog lists version 1.22.27, which is newer than the published affected range. Its changelog does not clearly confirm this specific fix, so it is not counted as a known-safe release.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

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.

Source record

Technical description

The Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.22.26 via the download_recent_decrypted_file_wptc. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to extract download the most recently admin-decrypted SQL database backup, which typically contains password hashes, user credentials, and other sensitive site configuration data stored in the 'recent_decrypted_file' option. Exploitation requires that an administrator has previously performed a decrypt action, causing the decrypted SQL backup file to exist in the plugin's upload directory; without this prior admin action, there is no file to serve.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

Primary and upstream sources