CVE-2020-36848

Total Upkeep by BoldGrid <= 1.14.9 - Unauthenticated Backup Download

2020-12-14 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 1.14.10
Affected Plugin: Total Upkeep – WordPress Backup Plugin plus Restore & Migrate by BoldGrid
Affected Version: <= 1.14.9
CVSS: 7.5High
Weakness type: CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE: CVE-2020-36848

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At a glance

CVE-2020-36848 is a high-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the Total Upkeep WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.14.9. It carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.14.10; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed December 2020, reported by Wadeek.

Vulnerability Overview

The Total Upkeep – WordPress Backup Plugin plus Restore & Migrate by BoldGrid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.14.9 via the env-info.php and restore-info.json files. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to find the location of back-up files and subsequently download them.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality.

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Reaching this weakness in Total Upkeep <= 1.14.9 takes no account at all. Sensitive information exposure means data the application intended to keep internal is returned to a caller who should not be able to see it.

The disclosed data — credentials, tokens, customer records or internal paths — is usually worth more as material for a follow-up attack than as an end in itself. For Total Upkeep the fix is 1.14.10: builds <= 1.14.9 are affected, anything from 1.14.10 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.14.10, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

This one needs no account at all, which puts it outside what login hardening can reach; WordSec's login security narrows the account-level paths around it, and the firewall is what inspects the request itself. None of that substitutes for the fix: Total Upkeep 1.14.10 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36848 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/86a5adaf-02b7-4b42-a048-8bc01f07656b https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36848

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Same weakness class

5.3CVE-2026-16253: Total Upkeep Information ExposureCVE-2026-16253

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CVSS Vector

7.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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