WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Backup and Restore Wordpress <= 1.50 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Backup Trigger
Description
The Backup and Restore WordPress – Backup Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.50. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the ajax_queue_manual_backup() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to trigger backups via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affects Plugins
References
Classification
Type
CSRF
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Noah Stead (TurtleBurg)
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2025-01-06 (about 1 year ago)
Added
2025-01-06 (about 1 year ago)
Last Updated
2025-01-07 (about 1 year ago)