# 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.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9q57-6634-5vrw

## 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 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8669?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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

- [CVE-2024-0842](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0842/): Backuply - Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone <= 1.2.6 - Denial of Service (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-0697](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0697/): Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone <= 1.2.3 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Directory Traversal (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-8669 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8669 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: softaculous Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone. 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-2024-8669/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8669/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8669
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8669
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8669

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8669/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.