CVE-2024-3546 WordPress Backup & Migration <= 1.4.8 - Missing Authorization to Directory Traversal
Authenticated attackers can exploit missing authorization and unsanitized input to read arbitrary log files on the server.
- 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-2024-3546?
CVE-2024-3546 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in WebToffee WP Backup and Migration, published on 2 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WordPress Backup & Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the wp_mgdp_populate_popup function in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or above, to invoke this function and access log files maintained by the plugin. Additionally, the file name is user-provided and not properly sanitized, which allows attackers to read arbitrary log files on the file system.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3546?
How do I fix CVE-2024-3546?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3546 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-2024-3546 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3546 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g9fg-f8f5-rx4m.