vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: backup-backup: CVE-2023-6972: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Dec 22, 2023
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Jul 10, 2025

Description

The Backup Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.9 via the 'content-backups' and 'content-name', 'content-manifest', or 'content-bmitmp' and 'content-identy' HTTP headers. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files, including the wp-config.php file, which can make site takeover and remote code execution possible.

Solution

backup-backup-plugin-cve-2023-6972
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