CVE-2023-6271 (GCVE-0-2023-6271)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-01 14:18 – Updated: 2025-06-11 16:41
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Summary
The Backup Migration WordPress plugin before 1.3.6 stores in-progress backups information in easy to find, publicly-accessible files, which may allow attackers monitoring those to leak sensitive information from the site's backups.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Backup Migration Affected: 0 , < 1.3.6 (semver)
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Credits
Dmitrii Ignatyev WPScan
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