CVE-2011-5208 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the BackWPup plugin before 1.4.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the wpabs parameter to (1) app/options-view_log-iframe.php or (2) app/options-runnow-iframe.php.

Published: 2012-10-08

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 3.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:backwpup:backwpup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2011-5108	Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the BackWPup plugin before 1.4.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the wpabs parameter to (1) app/options-view_log-iframe.php or (2) app/options-runnow-iframe.php.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0326.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2011-02/0663.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/43565
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backwpup/changelog/
http://www.osvdb.org/71242
http://www.osvdb.org/71243

History

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Subscriptions

Backwpup Backwpup

Wordpress Wordpress

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-10-08T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:10:57.444Z

Reserved: 2012-10-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-5208

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-10-08T18:55:01.090

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:36:09.057

Link: CVE-2011-5208

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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