WF-75685f2f-b1d0-4f38-a2b4-1cc0259aedc7-wp-backitup

Backup and Restore WordPress – Backup Plugin <= 1.9 - Authorization Bypass

mediumMissing Authorization

6.5

CVSS Score

6.5

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

1.9.1

Patched in

3337d

Time to patch

Description

The Backup and Restore WordPress – Backup Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on several functions in versions up to, and including, 1.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to trigger manual backups. The attackers can download these backups via the vulnerability described in CVE-2014-9012.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

High

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=1.9

PublishedDecember 4, 2014

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginwp-backitup

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/75685f2f-b1d0-4f38-a2b4-1cc0259aedc7?source=api-prod

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