WPvivid Backup 0.9.76 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Deletion

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE Not available
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published August 29, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Description

The WPvivid Backup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in version 0.9.76 due to a newly introduced delete_upload_incomplete_backup AJAX action. This allows administrator-level attackers to delete arbitrary files on the server.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wpvivid-backuprestore (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • 0.9.76 - 0.9.76
Patched Version
  • 0.9.77
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