JetBackup – WP Backup, Migrate & Restore <= 1.4.0 - Sensitive Information Disclosure

4.3
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2020-36668
CVSS 4.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published July 30, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Chloe Chamberland - Wordfence

Description

The JetBackup – WP Backup, Migrate & Restore plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure in versions up to, and including, 1.4.0 due to a lack of proper capability checking on the backup_guard_get_manual_modal function called via an AJAX action. This makes it possible for subscriber-level attackers, and above, to invoke the function and obtain database table information.

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Vulnerability Details for JetBackup – Backup, Restore & Migrate

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug backup (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.4.1, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.4.0
Patched Version
  • 1.4.1

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5 JetBackup – WP Backup, Migrate & Restore <= 1.4.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthorized Backup Location Change CVE-2020-36667 5.4 Chloe Chamberland July 30, 2020
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