WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Backup and Restore WordPress < 1.50 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Data Exposure

Description

The plugin does not protect some log files containing sensitive information such as site configuration etc, allowing unauthenticated users to access such data.

Proof of Concept

1) There is a lot of sensitive data and most importantly, you can download this logs to your machine and read it. These files may also contain a full link to the backup folders if the backup is successful.
"https://example.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/wp-backitup/logs/debug_usage.log"
"https://example.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/wp-backitup/logs/backup_status.log"
"https://example.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/wp-backitup/logs/backup_response.log"
"https://example.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/wp-backitup/logs/debug_DATABASE_Upgrade.log"
"https://example.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/wp-backitup/logs/debug_PLUGIN_Upgrade.log"

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 1.50

References

Classification

Type
SENSITIVE DATA DISCLOSURE
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Dmitrii Ignatyev
Submitter
Dmitrii Ignatyev
Submitter website
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2024-03-05 (about 1 months ago)
Added
2024-03-05 (about 1 months ago)
Last Updated
2024-04-02 (about 25 days ago)

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