CVE-2024-8669 Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone <= 1.3.4 - Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection
Authenticated administrators can exploit SQL injection in the Backuply plugin to extract sensitive database information.
- 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-2024-8669?
CVE-2024-8669 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in softaculous Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone, published on 14 Sep 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'options' parameter passed to the backuply_wp_clone_sql() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.4 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Weakness: CWE-89
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8669?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Softaculous Backuply.
How do I fix CVE-2024-8669?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8669 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.
Is CVE-2024-8669 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8669 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in softaculous Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9q57-6634-5vrw.