CVE-2024-56070

WP SuperBackup <= 2.3.3 - Missing Authorization

2024-12-18 00:00
Dave Jong

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 2.4
Affected Plugin
Super Backup & Clone - Migrate for WordPress
Affected Version
<= 2.3.3
CVSS
4.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE
CVE-2024-56070
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At a glance

CVE-2024-56070 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Super Backup & Clone - Migrate for WordPress WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.3.3. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). The root cause is a missing authorization check on a reachable function. The issue is fixed in version 2.4; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed December 2024, reported by Dave Jong.

Vulnerability Overview

The Super Backup & Clone - Migrate for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on several functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to perform unauthorized actions.

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 interaction from a victim user.

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Reaching this weakness in Super Backup & Clone - Migrate for WordPress <= 2.3.3 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.

Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For Super Backup & Clone - Migrate for WordPress the fix is 2.4: builds <= 2.3.3 are affected, anything from 2.4 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 2.4, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: Super Backup & Clone - Migrate for WordPress 2.4 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56070https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/878653e9-da8e-451b-8f23-7ea3418d3b37https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56070

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