BackWPup – WordPress Backup Plugin < 1.4.1 - Directory Traversal

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2011-5208
CVSS High (7.5)
Publicly Published March 2, 2011
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Danilo Massa
Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the BackWPup plugin before 1.4.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the wpabs parameter to (1) app/options-view_log-iframe.php or (2) app/options-runnow-iframe.php.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug backwpup (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.4.1
Patched Version
  • 1.4.1
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