Backup, Restore and Migrate WordPress Sites With the XCloner Plugin <= 3.1.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2014-2340
CVSS Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published April 2, 2014
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab
Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the XCloner plugin before 3.1.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that create website backups via a request to wp-admin/plugins.php.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug xcloner-backup-and-restore (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.1.1
Patched Version
  • 3.1.1
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