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CVE-2024-12850: Database Backup and check Tables Automated With Scheduler 2024 <= 2.32 - Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Read

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-12-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

The Database Backup and check Tables Automated With Scheduler 2024 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 2.32 via the database_backup_ajax_download() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

Affected products

• sminozzi Database Backup and Table Integrity Check with Automated Scheduling: through 2.32

References

• http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/database-backup/tags/2.32/functions/download.php
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3212315/database-backup/trunk/functions/download.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b972626c-6374-4084-a0e1-1ea4a3062228?source=cve

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