What is CVE-2024-0842?

CVE-2024-0842 is a high-severity vulnerability in Softaculous Backuply, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-02-09.

How severe is CVE-2024-0842?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-0842 known to be exploited?

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

Resource exhaustion in Softaculous Backuply

CVE-2024-0842

The Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Denial of Service in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.6. This is due to direct access of the backuply/restore_ins.php file and. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make excessive requests that result in the server running out of resources.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2024-02-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (59.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 59.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Softaculous Backuply
Softaculous Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate And Clone — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-0842?: CVE-2024-0842 is a high-severity vulnerability in Softaculous Backuply, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-02-09.
How severe is CVE-2024-0842?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-0842 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.