Total Upkeep <= 1.16.6 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Remote Code Execution via Backup Settings
The Total Upkeep – WordPress Backup Plugin plus Restore & Migrate by BoldGrid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.16.6 via the cron_interval parameter. This is due to missing input validation and sanitization. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to execute code on the server.
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We use this product, ask for help- Published
- Nov 26, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.0% · 63th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-78
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Report tools
Action score
28
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 28 / 40 · 7.2 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.0%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
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- CNA · Wordfence
- 7.2
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| boldgrid | total upkeep | cpe:2.3:a:boldgrid:total_upkeep |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- boldgrid total upkeepbefore 1.16.7
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Wordfence). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
boldgrid Total Upkeep – WordPress Backup Plugin plus Restore & Migrate by BoldGrid
- up to and including 1.16.6affected · semver
Same product
boldgrid: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2026-66708WordPress Total Upkeep plugin <= 1.17.2 - Broken Access Control vulnerability32Monitor
- CVE-2020-36848Total Upkeep by BoldGrid <= 1.14.9 - Unauthenticated Backup Download30Monitor
- CVE-2024-24869WordPress Total Upkeep plugin <= 1.15.8 - Arbitrary File Download vulnerability30Monitor
- CVE-2025-2257Total Upkeep – WordPress Backup Plugin plus Restore & Migrate by BoldGrid <= 1.16.10 - Authenticated (Admin+) Command Injection28Monitor
- CVE-2024-13907Total Upkeep – WordPress Backup Plugin plus Restore & Migrate by BoldGrid <= 1.16.8 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Server-Side Request Forgery26Monitor
- CVE-2022-4932Total Upkeep <= 1.14.13 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Disclosure17Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- Jonas Benjamin Friedlifinder
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2025-2257120 days apartTotal Upkeep – WordPress Backup Plugin plus Restore & Migrate by BoldGrid <= 1.16.10 - Authenticated (Admin+) Command Injection28Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- Administrator privileges are required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-78 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-secondary
Root cause
User input is inserted as text into a shell command. The shell may interpret special characters in the input as part of the command.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-78 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
const host = req.body.host;exec("ping -c 1 " + host, onResult);Fixed
const host = req.body.host;if (!/^[a-z0-9.-]{1,253}$/i.test(host)) return res.sendStatus(400);execFile("ping", ["-c", "1", host], onResult);Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Command Line Execution through SQL InjectionCAPEC-108likelihood: Low · Very High
- Command DelimitersCAPEC-15likelihood: High · High
- Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation LayersCAPEC-43likelihood: Medium · High
- Argument InjectionCAPEC-6likelihood: High · High
- OS Command InjectionCAPEC-88likelihood: High · High
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/boldgrid-backup/tags/1.16.5/admin/class-boldgrid-backup-admin-settings.php#L748
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/804b42a0-1cea-4f68-bd4a-d292a9f23fbe?source=cve
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.