What is CVE-2023-7236?

CVE-2023-7236 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Backupbolt Backup Bolt, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2024-03-18.

How severe is CVE-2023-7236?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-7236 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Backupbolt Backup Bolt

CVE-2023-7236

The Backup Bolt WordPress plugin through 1.3.0 is vulnerable to Information Exposure via the unprotected access of debug logs. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve the debug log which may contain information like system errors which could contain sensitive information.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (42.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Backupbolt Backup_bolt
Unknown Backup Bolt — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-7236?: CVE-2023-7236 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Backupbolt Backup Bolt, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2024-03-18.
How severe is CVE-2023-7236?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-7236 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.