CVE-2026-3577
Keep Backup Daily <= 2.1.2 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Backup Title
The Keep Backup Daily plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the backup title alias (val parameter) in the update_kbd_bkup_alias AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.2. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. While sanitize_text_field() strips HTML tags on save, it does not encode double quotes. The backup titles are output in HTML attribute contexts without esc_attr(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts via attribute injection that will execute whenever another administrator views the backup list page.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
4.4
Keep Backup Daily <= 2.1.2 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Backup Title
The Keep Backup Daily plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the backup title alias (val parameter) in the update_kbd_bkup_alias AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.2. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. While sanitize_text_field() strips HTML tags on save, it does not encode double quotes. The backup titles are output in HTML attribute contexts without esc_attr(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts via attribute injection that will execute whenever another administrator views the backup list page.
- Record
CVE-2026-3577- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-13927
4.4
The Keep Backup Daily plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the backup title alias (val parameter) in the update_kbd_bkup_alias AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.2. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. While sanitize_text_field() strips HTML tags on save, it does not encode double quotes. The backup titles are output in HTML attribute contexts without esc_attr(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts via attribute injection that will execute whenever another administrator views the backup list page.
- Record
EUVD-2026-13927- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r766-3w4j-mh86
4.4
The Keep Backup Daily plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the...
The Keep Backup Daily plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the backup title alias (val parameter) in the update_kbd_bkup_alias AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.2. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. While sanitize_text_field() strips HTML tags on save, it does not encode double quotes. The backup titles are output in HTML attribute contexts without esc_attr(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts via attribute injection that will execute whenever another administrator views the backup list page.
- Record
GHSA-r766-3w4j-mh86- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
4.4
The Keep Backup Daily plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the backup title alias (val parameter) in the update_kbd_bkup_alias AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.2. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. While sanitize_text_field() strips HTML tags on save, it does not encode double quotes. The backup titles are output in HTML attribute contexts without esc_attr(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts via attribute injection that will execute whenever another administrator views the backup list page.
- Record
CVE-2026-3577- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-3577 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) in Fahadmahmood Keep Backup Daily, published March 20, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.22%, the 12th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/18a4fa4b-5c99-4347-8b34-e49f7e0972be?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/keep-backup-daily/tags/2.1.1/inc/functions.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/keep-backup-daily/trunk/inc/functions.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/keep-backup-daily/tags/2.1.1/inc/kbd_cron.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/keep-backup-daily/trunk/inc/kbd_cron.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3481587%40keep-backup-daily&new=3481587%40keep-backup-daily&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3577
github.com/advisories/GHSA-r766-3w4j-mh86