CVE-2020-36835 Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid <= 0.9.35 - Sensitive Information Disclosure
Low-privilege users can leak database backups to remote servers due to missing capability checks in the WPvivid plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-36835?
CVE-2020-36835 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wpvividplugins WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging, published on 16 Oct 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure of a WordPress site's database due to missing capability checks on the wp_ajax_wpvivid_add_remote AJAX action that allows low-level authenticated attackers to send back-ups to a remote location of their choice for review. This affects versions up to, and including 0.9.35.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-36835?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpvivid Migration\, Backup\, Staging.
How do I fix CVE-2020-36835?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-36835 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2020-36835 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36835 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2024-1981 SQL injection in Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid
- CVE-2024-10962 Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid <= 0.9.107 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
- CVE-2020-36842 Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid <= 0.9.35 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload
- CVE-2023-41243 WordPress WPvivid Backup Plugin plugin <= 0.9.90 - Privilege Escalation on Staging Environment vulnerability
- CVE-2023-4274 Path traversal in Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid
Sources
Also known as GHSA-49vr-v9q4-q4ph.