vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: wpvivid-backuprestore: CVE-2020-36842: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Mar 13, 2020 | May 15, 2025 | May 4, 2026 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Mar 13, 2020
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 4, 2026
Description
The Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to a missing capability check on the wpvivid_upload_import_files and wpvivid_upload_files AJAX actions that allows low-level authenticated attackers to upload zip files that can be subsequently extracted. This affects versions up to, and including 0.9.35.
Solution
wpvivid-backuprestore-plugin-cve-2020-36842
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36842
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/de1da248-2e03-40fa-8997-7176dc06abc9?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-30794
- CVE-2020-36842
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-36842
- CWE-434
- EUVD-EUVD-2020-30794
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