BackWPup <= 3.4.1 - Unauthenticated Backup Download

7.5
Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties
CVE CVE-2017-2551
CVSS 7.5 (High)
Publicly Published September 8, 2017
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Larry W. Cashdollar

Description

Vulnerability in Wordpress plugin BackWPup before v3.4.2 allows possible brute forcing of backup file for download.

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Vulnerability Details for BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug backwpup (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.4.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 3.4.2
Patched Version
  • 3.4.2

Recent vulnerabilities in BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 BackWPup <= 5.6.6 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Local File Inclusion via 'block_name' Parameter CVE-2026-6227 7.2 Pixel_DefaultBR April 13, 2026
2 BackWPup 5.0.0 - 5.6.2 - Authenticated (BackWPup Helper+) Privilege Escalation via Arbitrary Options Update CVE-2025-15041 7.2 0N0ise February 18, 2026
3 BackWPup 5 - 5.5.0 - Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure CVE-2025-10579 5.3 Dmitrii Ignatyev October 24, 2025
4 BackWPup <= 4.0.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Directory Traversal CVE-2023-5505 6.8 Marco Wotschka August 16, 2024
5 BackWPup <= 4.0.2 - Plaintext Storage of Backup Destination Password CVE-2023-5775 2.2 Stefan Marjanov February 23, 2024
6 BackWPup <= 4.0.3 - Sensitive Information Exposure CVE-2023-7164 7.5 Dmitrii Ignatyev December 18, 2023
7 BackWPup <= 4.0.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Directory Traversal CVE-2023-5504 8.7 Marco Wotschka November 22, 2023
8 BackWPup < 3.0.13 - Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2013-4626 6.1 High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab August 21, 2013
9 BackWPup <= 1.7.1 - Remote File Inclusion CVE-2011-4342 9.8 Phil Taylor - Sense of Security Labs March 28, 2011
10 BackWPup – WordPress Backup Plugin < 1.4.1 - Directory Traversal CVE-2011-5208 7.5 Danilo Massa March 2, 2011

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