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

6.5
Missing Authorization
CVSS 6.5 (Medium)
Publicly Published December 4, 2014
Last Updated December 5, 2022
Researcher Kacper Szurek

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.

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Vulnerability Details for Backup and Restore WordPress – Backup Plugin

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-backitup (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.9.1, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.9
Patched Version
  • 1.9.1

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