PLUGIN SECURITY

Is WP Rollback safe?

Rollback (or forward) any WordPress.org plugin, theme, or block like a boss.

What this plugin does

  • Slug: wp-rollback
  • Author: Devin Walker
  • 300000+ active installs
  • 98/100 rating (214 reviews on wordpress.org)
  • 4740890 all-time downloads
  • On WordPress.org since 2015-05-12

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Maintenance status

  • Last updated: 2026-04-29 8:16am GMT
  • Tested up to WordPress: 7.0.2
  • Requires PHP: 7.4+
  • Max supported PHP (analyzed): 8.4

Known vulnerabilities

2 known CVEs on file for WP Rollback. Reported between 2015 and 2015.

CVE Vulnerability Type Severity Affected Fixed in Published Status
CVE-2015-9343 WP Rollback – Rollback Plugins and Themes [wp-rollback] < 1.2.3 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) High 8.8 < 1.2.3 1.2.3 2015-06-28
CVE-2015-9342 WP Rollback – Rollback Plugins and Themes [wp-rollback] < 1.2.3 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Medium 6.1 < 1.2.3 1.2.3 2015-06-28
WP Rollback – Rollback Plugins and Themes [wp-rollback] < 1.2.3 Unknown < 1.2.3 1.2.3 2015-06-28

CVE-2015-9343

The wp-rollback plugin before 1.2.3 for WordPress has CSRF.

Source: CVE.org

CVE-2015-9342

The WP Rollback WordPress plugin was affected by a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) & CSRF security vulnerability.

Source: WPScan

WP Rollback – Rollback Plugins and Themes [wp-rollback] < 1.2.3

This plugin is prone to a cross site scripting and cross site request forgery vulnerabilities. Because of XSS vulnerability, the attackers can display any content with no filter from a simple URL, easy to include any remote malicious javascript file. Because of CSRF, anyone can force the installation of any plugin from the repository. Update the plugin.

Source: Patchstack

How to fix it

Update this plugin to the latest release from wordpress.org — each CVE above lists the exact release that fixed it ("Fixed in") when one is on file.

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