CVE-2022-31474

HIGH EXPLOITED IN THE WILD NUCLEI

iThemes BackupBuddy <8.7.4.1 - Path Traversal

Title source: llm

Description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in iThemes BackupBuddy allows Path Traversal.This issue affects BackupBuddy: from 8.5.8.0 through 8.7.4.1.

Nuclei Templates (1)

BackupBuddy - Local File Inclusion

HIGHby aringo

References (2)

[Vendor Advisory] https://ithemes.com/blog/wordpress-vulnerability-report-special-edition-september-6-2022-backupbuddy/

[Third Party Advisory] https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/backupbuddy/wordpress-backup-buddy-plugin-8-5-8-0-8-7-4-1-unauthenticated-path-traversal-arbitrary-file-download-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.9225

EPSS Percentile 99.7%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2023-01-12

InTheWild.io 2022-09-07

CWE

CWE-22

Status published

Products (1)

ithemes/backupbuddy 8.5.8.0 - 8.7.5.0

Published Mar 13, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026