Security researcher at Automattic discovered a vulnerability affecting popular WordPress backup plugin, UpdraftPlus. The vulnerability allowed hackers to download user names and hashed passwords.

The vulnerability affects the popular Updraft Plus WordPress plugin, installed in over 3 million websites. Updraft Plus comes in a free and paid version that allows users to upload backups to a user’s ...

A critical severity vulnerability in a WordPress plugin with more than 90,000 installs can let attackers gain remote code execution to fully compromise vulnerable websites. Known as Backup Migration, ...

A critical WordPress Modular DS plugin flaw (CVE-2026-23550) allows unauthenticated attackers to gain admin access; patched ...

In a digital world susceptible to malicious practices like hacking and ransomware, backups have become crucial. If you maintain a website, backing up can be the most vital step to protecting yourself ...

A critical vulnerability in the WordPress Backup Migration Plugin (1.3.7) named CVE-2023-6553 has been discovered by Nex Team researchers during the Wordfence Bug Bounty program. This flaw enables ...

A backup plugin is essential to keeping data safe in case of cyberattack or server outage, so we've compiled best backup plugins as rated by Wordpress users. WordPress is a capable, flexible, and ...

Security researchers have warned users of a popular WordPress plugin that they need to patch urgently or risk their site being remotely hijacked. Security vendor Wordfence has revealed a new PHP code ...

It's an interesting paradox. WordPress powers 35 percent of all websites on the Internet, in part because it's so flexible and modular. It has a robust library of more than 50,000 plugins, each adding ...