FKIE_CVE-2022-4931

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-03-07 15:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:22
Severity
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Summary
The BackupWordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to information disclosure in versions up to, and including 3.12. This is due to missing authorization on the heartbeat_received() function that triggers on WordPress heartbeat. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above to retrieve back-up paths that can subsequently be used to download the back-up.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2683799%40backupwordpress&new=2683799%40backupwordpress&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=Patch
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/747c86f4-118b-4a9c-899c-e9067d2c7a02Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2683799%40backupwordpress&new=2683799%40backupwordpress&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/747c86f4-118b-4a9c-899c-e9067d2c7a02Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
xibodevelopment backupwordpress *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T05:22:20.020",
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