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WordPress Plugin: backup-backup: CVE-2023-6553: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

Dec 11, 2023

Added

May 15, 2025

Modified

Apr 29, 2026

Description

The Backup Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.7 via the /includes/backup-heart.php file. This is due to an attacker being able to control the values passed to an include, and subsequently leverage that to achieve remote code execution. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to easily execute code on the server.

Solution

backup-backup-plugin-cve-2023-6553

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6553
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3511ba64-56a3-43d7-8ab8-c6e40e3b686e?source=api-prod
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-58782
CVE-2023-6553
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2023-6553
CWE-94
EUVD-EUVD-2023-58782

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