WP STAGING WordPress Backup Plugin Free <= 3.1.2 and Pro <= 5.1.2 - Sensitive Information Exposure

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2023-6113
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published December 6, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Dmitrii Ignatyev
Description

The WP STAGING WordPress Backup Plugin Free and Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in various versions via the jobCache_backup_job file. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data such as the key which enables them to download the backups later.

References

2 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-staging (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.1.3
Patched Version
  • 3.1.3
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-staging-pro (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 5.1.3
Patched Version
  • 5.1.3
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