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WordPress Plugin: backup: CVE-2020-36668: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jul 30, 2020
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 29, 2026

Description

The JetBackup – WP Backup, Migrate and Restore plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure in versions up to, and including, 1.4.0 due to a lack of proper capability checking on the backup_guard_get_manual_modal function called via an AJAX action. This makes it possible for subscriber-level attackers, and above, to invoke the function and obtain database table information.

Solution

backup-plugin-cve-2020-36668
Title
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