PT-2024-15860 · WordPress · Backuply

Villu Orav + 1 · CVE-2024-0842 · Published 2024-02-08 · Updated 2024-02-15

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone plugin for WordPress versions 1.2.5 and earlier

Description The issue is related to a Denial of Service vulnerability. This vulnerability is due to direct access of the backuply/restore ins.php file, which allows unauthenticated attackers to make excessive requests, resulting in the server running out of resources.

Recommendations For versions 1.2.5 and earlier, consider disabling direct access to the backuply/restore ins.php file as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to this file to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

DoS

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

CWE-834

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-0842

Affected Products

Backuply

References · 11

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3033242/backuply/trunk/restore_ins.php · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0842 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0842 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1755813258513010808 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3036756%40backuply&new=3036756%40backuply&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/70811 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/70773 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1f955d88-ab4c-4cf4-a23b-91119d412716?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1757283511302791616 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1755845696597426409 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1756906223528742920 · Twitter Post