Searchenginejournal.com

WordPress Backup Plugin Vulnerability Impacted 3+ Million Installations

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

Severe WordPress Plug-In UpdraftPlus Bug Threatens Backups

An oversight in a WordPress plug-in exposes PII and authentication data to malicious insiders. The WordPress plug-in “UpdraftPlus” was patched on Wednesday to correct a vulnerability that left ...
Bleeping Computer

WordPress force installs UpdraftPlus patch on 3 million sites

WordPress has taken the rare step of force-updating the UpdraftPlus plugin on all sites to fix a high-severity vulnerability allowing website subscribers to download the latest database backups, which ...
ZDNet

Vulnerability found in WordPress plugin with over 3 million installations

Updates have been released for UpdraftPlus, a WordPress plugin with over 3 million installations, after a vulnerability was discovered by Jetpack security researcher Marc Montpas. Montpas said the ...
Searchenginejournal.com

WordPress Backup Plugin Vulnerability Affects 3+ Million Sites

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 ...