CVE-2026-12898

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-20. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

The All-in-One WP Migration and Backup WordPress plugin before 7.106 does not properly sanitise a user-supplied value before using it to build a file path, allowing unauthenticated attackers to create or append a log file in arbitrary locations outside its intended storage directory.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(medium)
EG Risk
60(Attend)
EG Risk 60/100SSVC: Attend

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
69%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 20, 2026

Last Modified

July 20, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 20, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🟡 PoC Available

All-in-One WP Migration and Backup < 7.106 – Unauthenticated Arbitrary-Location Log File Write via Path Traversal | CVE 2026-12898 | Plugin Vulnerabilities

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c90553e4-8e1a-4c99-a28f-a0de8d635caa/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-12898(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 16× in last 7d / 80× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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  1. 2026-08-30 02:42 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-30 02:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-30 01:21 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-08-20 01:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain. Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • Nucleihttp/cves/2026/CVE-2026-12898.yaml
    First seen Jan 1, 2026

    All-in-One WP Migration and Backup < 7.106 - Arbitrary Log File Write

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-12898?
CVE-2026-12898 is a medium vulnerability published on July 20, 2026. The All-in-One WP Migration and Backup WordPress plugin before 7.106 does not properly sanitise a user-supplied value before using it to build a file path, allowing unauthenticated attackers to create or append a log file in arbitrary locations outside its intended storage directory.
When was CVE-2026-12898 disclosed?
CVE-2026-12898 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 20, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-12898 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-12898 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 30.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-12898?
CVE-2026-12898 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-12898?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-12898, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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