CVE-2023-7002
The Backup Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to OS Command Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.9 via the 'url' parameter.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 30.8%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The Backup Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to OS Command Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.9 via the 'url' parameter. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to execute arbitrary commands on the host operating system.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 30.79% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- backupbliss/backup migration
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
EPSS 30.8% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.3.9/includes/ajax.php#L1503Exploit
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.3.9/includes/ajax.php#L1518Exploit
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.3.9/includes/ajax.php#L88Exploit
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3012745/backup-backupPatch
- https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-security-4/php-function-exec-enabled-how-big-issue-4175508082/Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cc49db10-988d-42bd-a9cf-9a86f4c79568?source=cveThird Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.3.9/includes/ajax.php#L1503Exploit
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.3.9/includes/ajax.php#L1518Exploit
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.3.9/includes/ajax.php#L88Exploit
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3012745/backup-backupPatch
- https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-security-4/php-function-exec-enabled-how-big-issue-4175508082/Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cc49db10-988d-42bd-a9cf-9a86f4c79568?source=cveThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.