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vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: wpvivid-backuprestore: CVE-2022-2863: 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:N)
Published
Aug 22, 2022
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026

Description

The WPvivid backup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file read due to missing parameter sanitization and validation on the 'file_name' parameter in versions up to, and including, 0.9.75. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator level permissions and above, to access arbitrary files on the affected sites server.

Solution

wpvivid-backuprestore-plugin-cve-2022-2863
Title
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