Database Backup and check Tables Automated With Scheduler 2024: Sensitive information exposure

Database Backup and check Tables Automated With Scheduler 2024 is affected by sensitive information exposure. Exploitation requires at least administrator-level access. Successful exploitation can disclose data that should not be available to the caller.

CVE / CNA score 7.2 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com

NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.

Component: Database Backup and check Tables Automated With Scheduler 2024
Plugin slug: database-backup
Affected: See vendor advisory
Safe version: See mitigation notes
Published: Mar 01, 2025
Weakness: CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

This CVE was published Mar 01, 2025 and is one of 5 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

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.

Source record

Technical description

The Database Backup and check Tables Automated With Scheduler 2024 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.35 via the /dashboard/backup.php file. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to extract sensitive data including full database credentials.

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

References

Update, patch or deactivate.

Technical description

Primary and upstream sources