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vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: database-backup: CVE-2024-13910: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Feb 28, 2025
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026

Description

The Database Backup and check Tables Automated With Scheduler 2024 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the 'database_backup_ajax_delete' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.35. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php). The vulnerability was partially patched in version 2.36.

Solution

database-backup-plugin-cve-2024-13910
Title
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