PT-2014-8837 · WordPress · Db Backup Plugin

Published 2014-12-31 · Updated 2017-09-08 · CVE-2014-9119

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 DB Backup plugin versions 4.5 and earlier for Wordpress

Description A directory traversal issue in the download.php file of the DB Backup plugin allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by using a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter.

Recommendations For DB Backup plugin versions 4.5 and earlier, update to a version later than 4.5 to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-9119

Affected Products

Db Backup Plugin

References · 6

• 🔥 http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1059 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/35378 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7726 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9119 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9119 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99368 · Note