Backup and Restore WordPress – Backup Plugin <= 1.9 - Authorization Bypass

2014-12-04 00:00

Kacper Szurek

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.9.1

Affected PluginWP BackItUp Community Edition

Affected Version<= 1.9

CVSS6.5Medium

CVEN/A

View all WP BackItUp Community Edition vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Overview

The Backup and Restore WordPress – Backup Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on several functions in versions up to, and including, 1.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to trigger manual backups. The attackers can download these backups via the vulnerability described in CVE-2014-9012.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.9.1, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/75685f2f-b1d0-4f38-a2b4-1cc0259aedc7

CVSS Vector

6.5

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

Base

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

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