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CVE-2023-6972criticalCWE-22

Backup Migration <= 1.3.9 - Unauthenticated Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Deletion

48Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.

ssvc Attendcvss 9.8epss 1.4%
from disclosure to weapon842 days
Published on NVDDec 23
1st PoC+842d
exploitation probability
1.4%top 30% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
1 public exploit(s)
The Backup Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.9 via the 'content-backups' and 'content-name', 'content-manifest', or 'content-bmitmp' and 'content-identy' HTTP headers. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files, including the wp-config.php file, which can make site takeover and remote code execution possible.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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