CVE-2024-43269
Backup and Restore Wordpress <= 1.50 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Backup Trigger
mediumCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
6.5
CVSS Score
6.5
CVSS Score
medium
Severity
2.0.0
Patched in
376d
Time to patch
Description
The Backup and Restore WordPress – Backup Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.50. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the ajax_queue_manual_backup() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to trigger backups via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NAttack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
High
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Technical Details
Affected versions
<=1.50PublishedAugust 12, 2024
Last updatedAugust 22, 2025
Affected pluginwp-backitup
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