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CVE-2020-7241

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-01-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-330

Description

The WP Database Backup plugin through 5.5 for WordPress stores downloads by default locally in the directory wp-content/uploads/db-backup/. This might allow attackers to read ZIP archives by guessing random ID numbers, guessing date strings with a 2020_{0..1}{0..2}_{0..3}{0..9} format, guessing UNIX timestamps, and making HTTPS requests with the complete guessed URL.

Affected products

• databasebackup WP Database Backup – Unlimited Database & Files Backup by Backup for WP: through 5.5

References

• https://github.com/V1n1v131r4/Exploiting-WP-Database-Backup-WordPress-Plugin/blob/master/README.md
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-database-backup/#developers
• https://zeroauth.ltd/blog/2020/01/21/analysis-on-cve-2020-7241-misrepresenting-a-security-vulnerability/
• https://github.com/V1n1v131r4/Exploiting-WP-Database-Backup-WordPress-Plugin/blob/master/README.md
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-database-backup/#developers
• https://zeroauth.ltd/blog/2020/01/21/analysis-on-cve-2020-7241-misrepresenting-a-security-vulnerability/

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