CVE-2026-14503
Description
The pCloud WP Backup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.3 via the wp2pcl_ajax_process_request_inner. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to extract force generation of a full-site backup archive written to a publicly accessible directory, exposing wp-config.php database credentials, WordPress secret salts, and the complete PHP source tree. The resulting archive is deposited in the plugin's unprotected tmp/ directory at a predictable URL, making the extracted data accessible to unauthenticated visitors once the backup is triggered.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pcloud-wp-backup/tags/2.0.2/Pcloud/Classes/class-wp2pcloudfilebackup.php#L111
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pcloud-wp-backup/tags/2.0.2/pcloud-wp-backup.php#L1635
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pcloud-wp-backup/tags/2.0.2/pcloud-wp-backup.php#L210
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pcloud-wp-backup/tags/2.0.2/pcloud-wp-backup.php#L217
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pcloud-wp-backup/tags/2.0.2/pcloud-wp-backup.php#L572
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3597399%40pcloud-wp-backup&new=3597399%40pcloud-wp-backup
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0b301c6e-a3c5-4435-9bc9-fab18085fe2d?source=cve
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.