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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2020-36668
CVE-2020-36668:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The JetBackup – WP Backup, Migrate & Restore plugin for WordPress contains a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability (CVE-2020-36668) affecting versions up to and including 1.4.0. The vulnerability was discovered by Chloe Chamberland and publicly disclosed on July 30, 2020 (Wordfence).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from a lack of proper capability checking on the backup_guard_get_manual_modal function called via an AJAX action. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 4.3 (Medium) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N (NVD).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability allows subscriber-level attackers and above to invoke the vulnerable function and obtain database table information, potentially exposing sensitive configuration details (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should upgrade to a version newer than 1.4.0 of the JetBackup plugin to address this vulnerability (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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