Backuply - Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone <= 1.2.6 - Denial of Service

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Summary

CVECVE-2024-0842
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerWordfence
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2024-02-09 05:15:08 UTC
Updated2026-04-08 17:17:25 UTC
DescriptionThe Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Denial of Service in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.6. This is due to direct access of the backuply/restore_ins.php file and. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make excessive requests that result in the server running out of resources.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-400 | CWE-834 | CWE-400 CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1[email protected]Secondary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Softaculous Backuply All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Softaculous Backuply Backup Restore Migrate And Clone affected 1.2.6 semver Not specified
ADP Softaculous Backuply affected 1.2.5 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1f955d88-ab4c-4cf4-a23b-91119... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wordfence.com Third Party Advisory
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3033242/backuply/trunk/restore_ins.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 plugins.trac.wordpress.org Patch
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Villu Orav (en)

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
CNA2024-02-08T00:00:00.000ZDisclosed
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