What is CVE-2026-6227?

CVE-2026-6227 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wp_media Backwpup – Wordpress Backup & Restore Plugin, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2026-04-14.

How severe is CVE-2026-6227?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Is CVE-2026-6227 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Wp_media Backwpup – Wordpress Backup & Restore Plugin

CVE-2026-6227

The BackWPup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion via the `block_name` parameter of the `/wp-json/backwpup/v1/getblock` REST endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.6 due to a non-recursive `str_replace()`…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.001 (33.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Wp_media Backwpup – Wordpress Backup & Restore Plugin — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Pixel-DefaultBR/CVE-2026-6227

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-6227?: CVE-2026-6227 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wp_media Backwpup – Wordpress Backup & Restore Plugin, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2026-04-14.
How severe is CVE-2026-6227?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2026-6227 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.