# CVE-2020-36668: JetBackup – WP Backup, Migrate & Restore <= 1.4.0 - Sensitive Information Disclosure

> Subscribers can access sensitive database table information via an unprotected AJAX function in the JetBackup WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Mar 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9qwq-rm73-j3gr

## What is CVE-2020-36668?

CVE-2020-36668 is a medium-severity vulnerability in backupguard JetBackup – Backup, Restore & Migrate, published on 7 Mar 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The JetBackup – WP Backup, Migrate & Restore plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure in versions up to, and including, 1.4.0 due to a lack of proper capability checking on the backup_guard_get_manual_modal function called via an AJAX action. This makes it possible for subscriber-level attackers, and above, to invoke the function and obtain database table information.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-36668?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Jetbackup Jetbackup.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-36668?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-36668 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-36668 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36668 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in backupguard JetBackup – Backup, Restore & Migrate

- [CVE-2020-36669](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36669/): JetBackup – WP Backup, Migrate & Restore <= 1.3.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary File Upload (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-7165](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7165/): JetBackup < 2.0.9.9 - Directory Listing Exposing Backups (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2020-36667](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36667/): JetBackup – WP Backup, Migrate & Restore <= 1.4.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthorized Backup Location Change (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2022-34148](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34148/): WordPress Backup Guard Plugin <= 1.6.9.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-36668 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-36668 is a medium-severity vulnerability in backupguard JetBackup – Backup, Restore & Migrate, published on 7 Mar 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36668 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: backupguard JetBackup – Backup, Restore & Migrate. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36668/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36668/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36668
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36668
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-36668

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36668/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.