Backup Guard <= 1.5.9 - Authenticated Arbitrary File Upload

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CVE CVE-2021-24155
CVSS High (7.2)
Publicly Published February 18, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Nguyen Van Khanh
Description

The WordPress Backup and Migrate Plugin – Backup Guard WordPress plugin before 1.6.0 did not ensure that the imported files are of the SGBP format and extension, allowing high privilege users (admin+) to upload arbitrary files, including PHP ones, leading to RCE.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug backup (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.5.9
Patched Version
  • 1.6.0
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