Description

The Database Backup and check Tables Automated With Scheduler 2024 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 2.32 via the database_backup_ajax_download() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-12850

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 4.9

Affected Products

Vendor: sminozzi

Product: Database Backup and check Tables Automated With Scheduler 2024

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.06% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 26.92% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-04 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b972626c-6374-4084-a0e1-1ea4a3062228?source=cve
http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/database-backup/tags/2.32/functions/download.php
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3212315/database-backup/trunk/functions/download.php

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