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CVE-2026-75133: Keep Backup Daily WordPress Plugin < 2.1.4 Sensitive Information Exposure via kbd_cron_process
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-08-31 · updated 2026-09-08
- Weakness: CWE-306
Description
Keep Backup Daily plugin for WordPress before 2.1.4 contains a sensitive information exposure vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to trigger a full MySQL database dump by accessing the publicly exposed `kbd_cron_process` parameter without authentication. Attackers can predict the partially predictable dump filename based on the database name, a limited random range, and the current Unix timestamp to download the generated backup from the publicly accessible uploads directory.
Affected products
- Fahad Mahmood Keep Backup Daily: before 2.1.4 — fixed in 2.1.4
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Fahad Mahmood Keep Backup Daily 2.1.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/keep-backup-daily/#developers
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/keep-backup-daily-wordpress-plugin-sensitive-information-exposure-via-kbd-cron-process
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