CVE-2021-24174
The Database Backups WordPress plugin through 1.2.2.6 does not have CSRF checks, allowing attackers to make a logged in user unwanted actions, such as generate backups of the database, change the plugin's settings and delete backups.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.22%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The Database Backups WordPress plugin through 1.2.2.6 does not have CSRF checks, allowing attackers to make a logged in user unwanted actions, such as generate backups of the database, change the plugin's settings and delete backups.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.22% probability · 87th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-352
- Affected
- database-backups project/database-backups
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163091/WordPress-Database-Backups-1.2.2.6-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/350c3e9a-bcc2-486a-90e6-d1dc13ce1bd5Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163091/WordPress-Database-Backups-1.2.2.6-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/350c3e9a-bcc2-486a-90e6-d1dc13ce1bd5Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.