How severe is CVE-2023-6972?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-6972 known to be exploited?

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

Path Traversal in Inisev Backupbliss – Backup & Migration With Free Cloud Storage

CVE-2023-6972

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…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.183 (95.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Inisev Backupbliss – Backup & Migration With Free Cloud Storage — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-6972?: CVE-2023-6972 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Inisev Backupbliss – Backup & Migration With Free Cloud Storage, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-12-23.
How severe is CVE-2023-6972?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-6972 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.