CVE-2020-35948

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    CVE-2020-35948

    Published: 1 Jan 2021Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in the XCloner Backup and Restore plugin before 4.2.13 for WordPress. It gave authenticated attackers the ability to modify arbitrary files, including PHP files. Doing so would allow an attacker to achieve remote code execution. The xcloner_restore.php write_file_action could overwrite wp-config.php, for example. Alternatively, an attacker could create an exploit chain to obtain a database dump.

    References: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163336/WordPress-XCloner-4.2.12-Remote-Code-Execution.html, https://github.com/Hacker5preme/Exploits/tree/main/Wordpress/CVE-2020-35948, https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10412, https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/09/critical-vulnerabilities-patched-in-xcloner-backup-and-restore-plugin/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 67f2c9d5ac3aeffc24a204fcfdba452dd0df0339
    Fixed -e664277ab246856a57ee274cc7e0e4a367650059

    Affected versions

    4.2.12
    4.2.11
    4.2.10b
    4.2.10a
    4.2.10
    4.2.9d
    4.2.9c
    4.2.9b
    4.2.9a
    4.2.9
    4.2.8r
    4.2.8
    4.2.7
    4.2.6
    4.2.5
    4.2.4
    4.2.3
    4.2.2
    4.2.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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