Recent Backups <= 0.7 - Directory Traversal

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2015-1000006
CVSS High (7.5)
Publicly Published July 13, 2015
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Larry W. Cashdollar
Description

The Recent Backups plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in versions up to, and including, 0.7 via the 'file' parameter in the 'download-file.php' file. This can allow unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including system files containing usernames and/or passwords.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug recent-backups (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 0.7
Patched Version
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