Database Backup and check Tables Automated With Scheduler 2024: Filesystem traversal
Database Backup and check Tables Automated With Scheduler 2024 is affected by filesystem traversal. Exploitation requires at least administrator-level access. A crafted path can escape the intended directory and reach files or directories elsewhere on the server.
- Component
- Database Backup and check Tables Automated With Scheduler 2024
- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Dec 24, 2024
This CVE was published Dec 24, 2024 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Database Backup and check Tables Automated With Scheduler 2024 to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Database Backup and check Tables Automated With Scheduler 2024 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 2.32 via the database_backup_ajax_download() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N