WordPress Plugin WP Database Backup Cross-Site Request Forgery (5.1.2) - Vulnerability Database

WordPress Plugin WP Database Backup Cross-Site Request Forgery (5.1.2)

Description

WordPress Plugin WP Database Backup is prone to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow a remote attacker to perform certain administrative actions and gain unauthorized access to the affected application; other attacks are also possible. WordPress Plugin WP Database Backup version 5.1.2 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 5.2 or latest

References

https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/04/24/security-changes-led-to-us-noticing-settings-change-vulnerability-in-wp-database-backup/

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/05/os-command-injection-vulnerability-patched-in-wp-database-backup-plugin/

https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/06/os-command-injection-in-wp-database-backup.html

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47187

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-database-backup/trunk/readme.txt

Related Vulnerabilities

Severity

High

Classification

CWE-352

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N