PT-2024-15985 · WordPress · The Everest Backup – Wordpress Cloud Backup

Floerer · Published 2024-11-05 · Updated 2024-11-09 · CVE-2024-10028

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Everest Backup – WordPress Cloud Backup, Migration, Restore & Cloning Plugin versions up to, and including, 2.2.13

Description The issue allows unauthenticated attackers to obtain an archive file name and download the site's backup due to the exposed process stats file during the backup process. This is a result of sensitive information exposure in the plugin.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 2.2.13, update the plugin to the latest patched version to mitigate the risk of sensitive information exposure. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the backup process to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-922

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-10028

Affected Products

The Everest Backup – Wordpress Cloud Backup

References · 11

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/everest-backup/tags/2.2.13/inc/classes/class-backup-directory.php#L514 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-10028 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10028 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1854386692087853529 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1854386682889642055 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/100755 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/UndercodeNews/status/1855083879972884695 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1853967877956919699 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/oktsec/status/1853824067876401303 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1854101886091087947 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9b871957-a2b3-492f-b461-7040d9098b2b?source=cve · Note