Backup, Restore and Migrate WordPress Sites With the XCloner Plugin <= 3.1.1 - Improper Access Control to Information Disclosure

Improper Access Control
CVE CVE-2014-8605
CVSS High (7.5)
Publicly Published October 17, 2014
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Larry W. Cashdollar
Description

The XCloner plugin 3.1.1 for WordPress and 3.5.1 for Joomla! stores database backup files with predictable names under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to a backup file in administrators/backups/.

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
  • 3.1.2
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