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TI-2020-18389 Aliases CVE-2020-35948GHSA-p2jc-8hc7-j466

An issue was discovered in the XCloner Backup and Restore plugin before 4.2.13 for…

Priority MEDIUM 64CWE-863Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.

Summary

An issue was discovered in the XCloner Backup and Restore plugin before 4.2.13 for WordPress. It gave authenticated attackers the ability to modify arbitrary files, including PHP files. Doing so would allow an attacker to achieve remote code execution. The xcloner_restore.php write_file_action could overwrite wp-config.php, for example. Alternatively, an attacker could create an exploit chain to obtain a database dump.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.24937 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:xcloner:xcloner:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*4.2.1 to before 4.2.13VulnerableXcloner
  • cpe:2.3:a:xcloner:xcloner:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions 4.2.1 to before 4.2.13 Vulnerable ·Xcloner

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-35948
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p2jc-8hc7-j466

References

Exploit 3

Advisory 1

  • TI-2020-18391 An issue was discovered in the XCloner Backup and Restore plugin before 4.2.153 for… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-02395 XCloner Standalone 3.5 and earlier, when enable_db_backup and sql_mem are enabled, allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2014-02066 Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in XCloner Standalone 3.5 and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.6
  • TI-2014-07067 cloner.functions.php in the XCloner plugin 3.1.1 for WordPress and 3.5.1 for Joomla!… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2014-01857 Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the XCloner plugin before 3.1.1 for… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2015-03638 cloner.functions.php in the XCloner plugin 3.1.2 for WordPress allows remote… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.5
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Sources

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