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