Vulnerability CVE-2023-6266
Published: 2024-01-11

Description:
The Backup Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to insufficient path and file validation on the BMI_BACKUP case of the handle_downloading function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to download back-up files which can contain sensitive information such as user passwords, PII, database credentials, and much more.

 References:
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/08801f53-3c57-41a3-a637-4b52637cc612?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.3.5/includes/initializer.php#L972
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.3.5/includes/initializer.php#L1048
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.3.7/includes/initializer.php#L1065
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