PT-2012-2185 · WordPress · Backwpup

Published 2012-10-08 · Updated 2012-10-09 · CVE-2011-5208

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions BackWPup plugin versions prior to 1.4.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files due to multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the BackWPup plugin. This is achieved by including a .. (dot dot) in the wpabs parameter to API endpoints such as "/app/options-view log-iframe.php" or "/app/options-runnow-iframe.php".

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.4.1, update to version 1.4.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the affected API endpoints "/app/options-view log-iframe.php" and "/app/options-runnow-iframe.php" to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the wpabs parameter in these endpoints until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-5208

Affected Products

Backwpup

References · 7

• 🔥 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2011-02/0663.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-5208 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43565 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-5208 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/71243 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/71242 · Note
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backwpup/changelog · Note