CVE-2023-6971

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    CVE-2023-6971

    Published: 23 Dec 2023Last Modified: 13 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The Backup Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote File Inclusion in versions 1.0.8 to 1.3.9 via the 'content-dir' HTTP header. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include remote files on the server, resulting in code execution. NOTE: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires that the target server's php.ini is configured with 'allow_url_include' set to 'on'. This feature is deprecated as of PHP 7.4 and is disabled by default, but can still be explicitly enabled in later versions of PHP.

    References: , https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.3.9/includes/backup-heart.php, https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3012745/backup-backup, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b380283c-0dbb-4d67-9f66-cb7c400c0427?source=cve

    Affected packages

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    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
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