High severity8.1NVD Advisory· Published Nov 17, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-16871

Description

The UpdraftPlus plugin through 1.13.12 for WordPress allows remote PHP code execution because the plupload_action function in /wp-content/plugins/updraftplus/admin.php has a race condition before deleting a file associated with the name parameter. NOTE: the vendor reports that this does not cross a privilege boundary

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Affected products

Updraftplus/Updraftplus
cpe:2.3:a:updraftplus:updraftplus:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Range: <=1.13.12
WordPress/Updraftplusllm-fuzzy
Range: <=1.13.12
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/LoRexxar/CVE_Request/tree/master/wordpress%20plugin%20updraftplus%20vulnerablitynvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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