CVE-2022-31474
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CVSS Score
V3.1EPSS Score
v2025.03.14There is a 92.4% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.
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Description
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in iThemes BackupBuddy allows Path Traversal.This issue affects BackupBuddy: from 8.5.8.0 through 8.7.4.1.
Available Exploits
BackupBuddy - Local File Inclusion
BackupBuddy versions 8.5.8.0 - 8.7.4.1 are vulnerable to a local file inclusion vulnerability via the 'download' and 'local-destination-id' parameters.
References:
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/09/psa-nearly-5-million-attacks-blocked-targeting-0-day-in-backupbuddy-plugin/
- https://ithemes.com/blog/wordpress-vulnerability-report-special-edition-september-6-2022-backupbuddy
- https://ithemes.com/backupbuddy/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-31474
- https://ithemes.com/blog/wordpress-vulnerability-report-special-edition-september-6-2022-backupbuddy/
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Affected Products
Affected Versions:
WordPress Vulnerability
Identified and analyzed by Wordfence
Software Type
Patch Status
Published
Software Details
Software Name
BackupBuddy
Software Slug
backupbuddy
Affected Versions
Patched Versions
Remediation
Update to version 8.7.5, or a newer patched version
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Advisory Details
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CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
References
Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: March 13, 2023, Modified: May 7, 2024