CVE-2026-8996

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-09. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

The Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.22.26 via the download_recent_decrypted_file_wptc. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to extract download the most recently admin-decrypted SQL database backup, which typically contains password hashes, user credentials, and other sensitive site configuration data stored in the 'recent_decrypted_file' option. Exploitation requires that an administrator has previously performed a decrypt action, causing the decrypted SQL backup file to exist in the plugin's upload directory; without this prior admin action, there is no file to serve.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(high)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

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%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
18%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 9, 2026

Last Modified

July 9, 2026

References (8)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-8996(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 19× in last 7d / 52× 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.

  1. 2026-08-03 10:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-03 03:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-02 04:26 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-02 04:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-02 02:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-01 05:45 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-01 05:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-01 04:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-31 07:03 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-31 07:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-30 16:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-30 08:21 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-07-30 08:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-07-30 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-29 08:27 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-07-29 08:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-28 15:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-28 09:45 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-07-28 09:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-07-27 14:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-07-27 11:04 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-07-27 11:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-26 12:22 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-07-26 12:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-23 03:23 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-19 02:29 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-16 21:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-16 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-15 22:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-15 00:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-14 01:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-13 22:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-13 02:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-07-12 04:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-07-11 05:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-07-10 06:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-07-09 08:02 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-07-09 08:01 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-8996?
CVE-2026-8996 is a medium vulnerability published on July 9, 2026. The Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.22.26 via the downloadrecentdecryptedfilewptc. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to…
When was CVE-2026-8996 disclosed?
CVE-2026-8996 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 9, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-8996 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-8996 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 82.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-8996?
CVE-2026-8996 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-8996?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-8996, 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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