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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-0842
CVE-2024-0842:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone plugin for WordPress contains a Denial of Service vulnerability (CVE-2024-0842) affecting all versions up to and including 1.2.5. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed in February 2024 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability exists due to direct access to the backuply/restore_ins.php file. The issue has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (High) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. The weakness has been classified as CWE-834 (Excessive Iteration) (NVD).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to make excessive requests that result in the server running out of resources, potentially causing system unavailability (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should upgrade to version 1.2.6 or later of the Backuply plugin which contains the fix for this vulnerability. A patch has been made available through the WordPress plugin repository (WordPress Patch).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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