Description

WordPress Plugin Database Backups 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 Database Backups version 1.2.2.6 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Edit the source code to ensure that CSRF protection is implemented with Nonce-like mechanism or disable the plugin until a fix is available

References

https://0xb9.blog/inactive-wordpress-plugins-leading-to-cross-site-request-forgery-to-database-downloads/

https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=WPEX-ID:350C3E9A-BCC2-486A-90E6-D1DC13CE1BD5

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49984

https://wordpress.org/plugins/database-backups/#description

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2021-24174 CWE-352 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update CSRF