Backup plugin security flaws and breaches
UpdraftPlus has had repeated security flaws, including a remote plugin-upload exploit and a breach that compromised many sites, eroding owners' trust.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
4 public reports · first reported 19 October 2026 · last reported 20 October 2026
What's going wrong
Several site owners running the UpdraftPlus backup and migration plugin report repeated security incidents over the past year.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 4 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.