Description

WordPress Plugin WordPress Backup and Migrate-Backup Guard 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 WordPress Backup and Migrate-Backup Guard version 1.1.90 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 1.1.91 or latest

References

https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/11/07/our-proactive-monitoring-caught-an-csrf-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability-in-a-wordpress-plugin-with-70000-installs/

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup/trunk/README.txt?rev=2188551

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Severity

High

Classification

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

Tags

Missing Update CSRF