CVE-2023-6266

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    CVE-2023-6266

    Published: 11 Jan 2024Last Modified: 13 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The Backup Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to insufficient path and file validation on the BMI_BACKUP case of the handle_downloading function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to download back-up files which can contain sensitive information such as user passwords, PII, database credentials, and much more.

    References: , https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/08801f53-3c57-41a3-a637-4b52637cc612?source=cve, https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.3.5/includes/initializer.php#L1048, https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.3.5/includes/initializer.php#L972, https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.3.7/includes/initializer.php#L1065

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    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
    CVE-2023-6266 | CVE-DB