Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in WordPress Backup Plugin

CVE-2024-5551
8.8HIGH

Key Information

Vendor
WPstaging
Status
WP Staging Pro WordPress Backup Plugin
Vendor
CVE Published:
14 June 2024

Summary

The WP STAGING Pro WordPress Backup Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'sub' parameter called from the WP STAGING WordPress Backup Plugin - Backup Duplicator & Migration plugin. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include any local files that end in '-settings.php' via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected Version(s)

WP STAGING Pro WordPress Backup Plugin <= 5.6.0

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published.

  • Disclosed

  • Vulnerability Reserved.

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database

Credit

Matthew Rollings
.