Backup, Restore and Migrate WordPress Sites With the XCloner Plugin: Cross-site request forgery
Backup, Restore and Migrate WordPress Sites With the XCloner Plugin is affected by cross-site request forgery. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. Exploitation relies on a signed-in privileged user submitting an attacker-controlled request.
- Component
- Backup, Restore and Migrate WordPress Sites With the XCloner Plugin
- Plugin slug
xcloner- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jun 27, 2022
This CVE was published Jun 27, 2022 and is one of 12 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Backup, Restore and Migrate WordPress Sites With the XCloner Plugin 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 Backup, Restore and Migrate WordPress Sites With the XCloner Plugin WordPress plugin before 4.3.6 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks when resetting its settings, allowing unauthenticated attackers to reset them, including generating a new backup encryption key.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N