WP Database Backup <= 5.1.2 - Unauthenticated Settings Update to Remote Code Execution

Missing Authorization
CVE Not available
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published March 24, 2019
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Description

The WP Database Backup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthenticated settings update that can lead to remote code execution via the wpsetting functionality in versions up to, and including, 5.1.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious code into settings that will execute when a back-up is triggered by an unsuspecting user.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-database-backup (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 5.1.2
Patched Version
  • 5.1.3
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