# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Sep 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-ggvq-62qc-4q5p

## 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 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2863?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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:

- WordPress WPvivid Backup <0.9.76 - Local File Inclusion (nuclei): http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-2863.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid

- [CVE-2024-1981](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1981/): SQL injection in Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-10962](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10962/): Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid <= 0.9.107 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-36842](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36842/): Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid <= 0.9.35 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-41243](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41243/): WordPress WPvivid Backup Plugin plugin <= 0.9.90 - Privilege Escalation on Staging Environment vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-4274](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4274/): Path traversal in Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid (high 8.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-2863 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-2863 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid. 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-2022-2863/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2863/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2863
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2863
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2863

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2863/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.