The Backup Migration WordPress plugin before 2.1.7 does not properly restrict a post-restore automatic login mechanism, allowing a user who administers one site of a multisite network to obtain a long-lived authenticated session as an administrator of another site in the same network, without credentials and bypassing two-factor authentication.
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Sat, 15 Aug 2026 08:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-284 CWE-640 |
Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:15:00 +0000
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| Description | The Backup Migration WordPress plugin before 2.1.7 does not properly restrict a post-restore automatic login mechanism, allowing a user who administers one site of a multisite network to obtain a long-lived authenticated session as an administrator of another site in the same network, without credentials and bypassing two-factor authentication. | |
| Title | Backup Migration < 2.1.7 - Admin+ Privilege Escalation via Post-Restore Auto-Login | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-15T06:00:14.986Z
Reserved: 2026-07-29T08:51:12.758Z
Link: CVE-2026-18216
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-15T06:17:08.487
Modified: 2026-08-15T06:17:08.487
Link: CVE-2026-18216
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Updated: 2026-08-15T08:00:06Z