WebToffee WP Backup and Migration Plugin up to 1.6.1 on WordPress description sql injection

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in WebToffee WP Backup and Migration Plugin up to 1.6.1. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation of the argument Description causes sql injection. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-120530. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in WebToffee WP Backup and Migration Plugin up to 1.6.1. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument description with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Without sufficient removal or quoting of SQL syntax in user-controllable inputs, the generated SQL query can cause those inputs to be interpreted as SQL instead of ordinary user data. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The WebToffee WP Backup and Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via the 'description' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.1 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. Successful exploitation requires an administrator to subsequently perform the plugin's ordinary local database export and restore operation on the same site, which is this plugin's primary intended function. Successful exploitation additionally requires an action by an administrator — the attacker cannot trigger the vulnerability on their own.

The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-120530 since 11/02/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/07/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1505 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• WebToffee

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• WP Backup and Migration Plugin

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• 1.6.0
• 1.6.1

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