Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-6266 - Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties vulnerability in Backupbliss Backup Migration
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
The Backup Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to insufficient path and file validation on the BMI_BACKUP case of the handle_downloading function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to download back-up files which can contain sensitive information such as user passwords, PII, database credentials, and much more.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.3.5/includes/initializer.php#L1048
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.3.5/includes/initializer.php#L1048
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.3.5/includes/initializer.php#L972
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.3.5/includes/initializer.php#L972
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.3.7/includes/initializer.php#L1065
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.3.7/includes/initializer.php#L1065
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/08801f53-3c57-41a3-a637-4b52637cc612?source=cve
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/08801f53-3c57-41a3-a637-4b52637cc612?source=cve