PT-2023-32835 · WordPress · Backup Migration

Françoa Taffarel · Published 2023-12-22 · Updated 2023-12-29 · CVE-2023-7002

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Backup Migration plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.3.9

Description The issue allows authenticated attackers with administrator-level permissions and above to execute arbitrary commands on the host operating system via the url parameter. This is an OS Command Injection vulnerability.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 1.3.9, update to a version later than 1.3.9 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the url parameter in the affected plugin until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

OS Command Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-78

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-7002

Affected Products

Backup Migration

References · 12

• 🔥 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.3.9/includes/ajax.php#L88 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.3.9/includes/ajax.php#L1518 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.3.9/includes/ajax.php#L1503 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-7002 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-7002 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-security-4/php-function-exec-enabled-how-big-issue-4175508082 · Patch
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3012745/backup-backup · Patch
• https://t.me/cvenotify/65014 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cc49db10-988d-42bd-a9cf-9a86f4c79568?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1738385554180284727 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1738446494477226406 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/65613 · Telegram Post