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CVE-2024-3034: BackUpWordPress <= 3.13 - Authenticated (Admin+) Directory Traversal

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.7 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: 2024-04-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

The BackUpWordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 3.13 via the hmbkp_directory_browse parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to traverse directories outside of the context in which the plugin should allow.

Affected products

• willmot BackUpWordPress: all versions

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3076291%40backupwordpress&new=3076291%40backupwordpress&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c2805cb0-8913-4487-8445-031b7d920e2d?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3076291%40backupwordpress&new=3076291%40backupwordpress&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c2805cb0-8913-4487-8445-031b7d920e2d?source=cve

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