CVE-2022-0633 UpdraftPlus Free < 1.22.3 & Premium < 2.22.3 - Subscriber+ Backup Download
Subscribers can download site and database backups due to improper privilege validation in the UpdraftPlus WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-0633?
CVE-2022-0633 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin (Free), published on 17 Feb 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The UpdraftPlus WordPress plugin Free before 1.22.3 and Premium before 2.22.3 do not properly validate a user has the required privileges to access a backup's nonce identifier, which may allow any users with an account on the site (such as subscriber) to download the most recent site & database backup.
Weakness: CWE-863
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0633?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Updraftplus Updraftplus.
How do I fix CVE-2022-0633?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0633 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-2022-0633 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0633 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin (Free)
- CVE-2017-16870 Server-side request forgery in n/a
- CVE-2017-16871 Race condition in n/a
- CVE-2023-32960 WordPress UpdraftPlus Plugin <= 1.23.3 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- CVE-2022-0864 UpdraftPlus < 1.22.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2021-25089 UpdraftPlus < 1.16.69 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w56x-f43j-rgx4.