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CVE-2020-36668: JetBackup – WP Backup, Migrate & Restore <= 1.4.0 - Sensitive Information Disclosure

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-03-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The JetBackup – WP Backup, Migrate & Restore plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure in versions up to, and including, 1.4.0 due to a lack of proper capability checking on the backup_guard_get_manual_modal function called via an AJAX action. This makes it possible for subscriber-level attackers, and above, to invoke the function and obtain database table information.

Affected products

• JetBackup: through 1.4.0

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2348984%40backup&new=2348984%40backup&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3e2a9d71-21ef-45a1-99ed-477066ce9620?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2348984%40backup&new=2348984%40backup&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3e2a9d71-21ef-45a1-99ed-477066ce9620

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