UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin <= 1.9.50 - Nonce Leak to Authorization Bypass

Improper Privilege Management
CVE Not available
CVSS Critical (9.9)
Publicly Published February 3, 2015
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Marc-Alexandre Montpas
Description

The UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to nonce leak which leads to authorization bypass in versions up to, and including, 1.9.50. This is due to incorrect use of several 'admin_action_' hooks. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to arbitrarily upload files, download backups and retrieve secret keys.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug updraftplus (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.9.51
Patched Version
  • 1.9.51
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