CVE-2023-6972

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    CVE-2023-6972

    Published: 23 Dec 2023Last Modified: 14 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The Backup Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.9 via the 'content-backups' and 'content-name', 'content-manifest', or 'content-bmitmp' and 'content-identy' HTTP headers. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files, including the wp-config.php file, which can make site takeover and remote code execution possible.

    References: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3012745/backup-backup, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0a3ae696-f67d-4ed2-b307-d2f36b6f188c?source=cve, https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.3.9/includes/backup-heart.php, https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.3.9/includes/bypasser.php

    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
    CVE-2023-6972 | CVE-DB