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CVE-2023-6972 (GCVE-0-2023-6972)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-23 01:59 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:34
VLAI
Title
Backup Migration <= 1.3.9 - Unauthenticated Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Deletion
Summary
The Backup Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.9 via the 'content-backups' and 'content-name', 'content-manifest', or 'content-bmitmp' and 'content-identy' HTTP headers. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files, including the wp-config.php file, which can make site takeover and remote code execution possible.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
inisev BackupBliss – Backup & Migration with Free Cloud Storage Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.3.9 (semver)
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Credits
Hiroho Shimada
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