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CVE-2020-37246: WordPress Plugin Supsystic Backup 2.3.9 Local File Inclusion

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-05-16 · updated 2026-09-29
• Weakness: CWE-98

Description

Supsystic Backup 2.3.9 contains a local file inclusion vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read and delete arbitrary files by manipulating the download path parameter. Attackers can modify the download parameter in admin.php requests with directory traversal sequences to access sensitive files like /etc/passwd or delete files via the removeAction parameter.

Affected products

• Supsystic Backup: 2.3.9

References

• https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/backup-by-supsystic.zip
• https://supsystic.com/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49545
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-plugin-supsystic-backup-local-file-inclusion

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