WP Database Backup – Unlimited Database & Files Backup by Backup for WP <= 7.3 - Unauthenticated Database Back-Up Exposure

Exposure of Backup File to an Unauthorized Control Sphere
CVE CVE-2024-12330
CVSS High (7.5)
Publicly Published January 8, 2025
Last Updated January 9, 2025
Researcher Noah Stead (TurtleBurg)
Description

The WP Database Backup – Unlimited Database & Files Backup by Backup for WP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 7.3 via publicly accessible back-up files. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including all information stored in the database.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-database-backup (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 7.3
Patched Version
  • 7.4
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