CVE-2021-24994: WPvivid Backup and Migration Plugin < 0.9.69 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-02-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Migration, Backup, Staging WordPress plugin before 0.9.69 does not have authorisation when adding remote storages, and does not sanitise as well as escape a parameter from such unauthenticated requests before outputting it in admin page, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue

Affected products

wpvividplugins WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging: before 0.9.69 — fixed in 0.9.69

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: wpvividplugins WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging 0.9.69. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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