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CVE-2026-8996

29
FAUCET Score

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.

First published: Jul 9, 2026Last modified: Jul 9, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0, <= 1.22.26CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:revmakx:backup_and_staging_by_wp_time_capsule:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
17.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0026 is in the 22nd percentile among its peer group of 21,957 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org / browser/wp-time-capsule/tags/1.22.26/Views/wptc-download-file.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / browser/wp-time-capsule/tags/1.22.26/wp-time-capsule.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / browser/wp-time-capsule/tags/1.22.26/wp-time-capsule.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / browser/wp-time-capsule/trunk/Views/wptc-download-file.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / browser/wp-time-capsule/trunk/wp-time-capsule.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / browser/wp-time-capsule/trunk/wp-time-capsule.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / changeset
wordfence.com / threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f7c39d66-f1e1-4d41-a9e4-984aec3f37dc