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CVE-2024-0697:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone plugin for WordPress contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability (CVE-2024-0697) affecting all versions up to and including 1.2.3. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on January 27, 2024 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability exists in the backuply_get_jstree function via the node_id parameter. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.9 (Medium) by NIST with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, while Wordfence assessed it at 6.5 (Medium) with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory) (NVD).
Impact
This vulnerability allows attackers with administrator privileges or higher to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, potentially exposing sensitive information (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should update to a version newer than 1.2.3 of the Backuply plugin to address this vulnerability. A patch has been made available through the WordPress plugin repository (WordPress Plugin).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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