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CVE-2024-0697: Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone <= 1.2.3 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Directory Traversal

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-01-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

The Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.3 via the node_id parameter in the backuply_get_jstree function. This makes it possible for attackers with administrator privileges or higher to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

Affected products

• softaculous Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone: through 1.2.3

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3026806%40backuply&new=3026806%40backuply&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/70effa22-fbf6-44cb-9d1b-8625969c10ac?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3026806%40backuply&new=3026806%40backuply&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/70effa22-fbf6-44cb-9d1b-8625969c10ac?source=cve

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