# CVE-2026-115426: WPvivid Backup & Migration < 0.9.138 - Admin+ Path Traversal via Local Backup Directory Setting

Status: published. Published: 2026-11-04. Updated: 2026-11-04.

The WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging WordPress plugin before 0.9.138 does not properly validate a backup storage directory path before using it to create directories and write files, allowing administrators to cause those directories and files to be created outside the intended backup location via path traversal.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- Unknown / WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging: ≥ 0; < 0.9.138 (affected, semver). Source: CNA: WPScan

## Severity and prioritization

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: Not available

- Weaknesses: CWE-22

## Exploit evidence

- exploit: https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c12a6832-81c3-4bae-93a9-3a51ff986863/ (CNA: WPScan)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c12a6832-81c3-4bae-93a9-3a51ff986863/ (CNA: WPScan; exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description)

## Provenance

- CNA: WPScan: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-115426; retrieved 2026-11-04; source updated 2026-11-04

Revision: 827130d2697abe4daa7ad953e06e96f375d4afb26dc0e8f4990755cfbd7da9ce

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-115426

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