Name: CVE-2023-6971: Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2023-12-23T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2023-6971, CWE-829, CVSS 8.1, EPSS 0.09055

The Backup Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote File Inclusion in versions 1.0.8 to 1.3.9 via the 'content-dir' HTTP header. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include remote files on the server, resulting in code execution. NOTE: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires that the target server's php.ini is configured with 'allow_url_include' set to 'on'. This feature is deprecated as of PHP 7.4 and is disabled by default, but can still be explicitly enabled in later versions of PHP.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.1
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Backup Backup Plugin	—	Update backup-backup plugin to version 1.4.0, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	Dec 22, 2023

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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