CVE-2022-2863 WPvivid Backup < 0.9.76 - Admin+ Arbitrary File Read
High-privilege users can read arbitrary files from the web server due to insufficient input validation in the WPvivid Backup 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-2022-2863?
CVE-2022-2863 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Unknown Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid, published on 16 Sep 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Migration, Backup, Staging WordPress plugin before 0.9.76 does not sanitise and validate a parameter before using it to read the content of a file, allowing high privilege users to read any file from the web server via a Traversal attack
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2863?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpvivid Migration\, Backup\, Staging.
How do I fix CVE-2022-2863?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2863 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2022-2863 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-2863 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid
- 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-ggvq-62qc-4q5p.