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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2022-2551

The Duplicator WordPress plugin before 1.4.7 discloses the url of the a backup to unauthenticated visitors accessing the main installer endpoint of the plugin, if the installer script has been run once by an administrator, allowing download of the full…

EXPLOITHIGH 7.5EPSS 17.7%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 17.7%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The Duplicator WordPress plugin before 1.4.7 discloses the url of the a backup to unauthenticated visitors accessing the main installer endpoint of the plugin, if the installer script has been run once by an administrator, allowing download of the full site backup without authenticating.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
17.72% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 1 August 2022
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-425
Affected
awesomemotive/duplicator
Source
contact@wpscan.com
EPSS trend
0%10%20%16 October 2026: 17.72%3 November 2026: 17.72%16 October 20263 November 2026

EPSS moved from 17.7% on 16 October 2026 to 17.7% on 3 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-50992source ↗WordPress Plugin Duplicator 1.4.6 - Unauthenticated Backup Downloadphp · SecuriTrustwebapps1 August 2022no

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.