What is CVE-2023-5505?

CVE-2023-5505 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wp_media Backwpup – Wordpress Backup & Restore Plugin, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2024-08-17.

How severe is CVE-2023-5505?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-5505 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Wp_media Backwpup – Wordpress Backup & Restore Plugin

CVE-2023-5505

The BackWPup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in versions up to, and including, 4.0.1 via the job-specific backup folder. This allows authenticated attackers to store backups in arbitrary folders on the server prov…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.006 (68.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Wp_media Backwpup – Wordpress Backup & Restore Plugin — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5505?: CVE-2023-5505 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wp_media Backwpup – Wordpress Backup & Restore Plugin, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2024-08-17.
How severe is CVE-2023-5505?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-5505 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.