Database Backup for WordPress < 2.5.1 - Admin+ SQL Injection
Priority LOW 34CWE-89Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- SQL injection
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.
Summary
The Database Backup for WordPress plugin before 2.5.1 does not properly sanitise and escape the fragment parameter before using it in a SQL statement in the admin dashboard, leading to a SQL injection issue
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.0131 70th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Database Backup for WordPress (Unknown): 2.5.1
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Database Backup for WordPress | 2.5.1 to before 2.5.1 | 2.5.1 | Patch available | CNA |
- Database Backup for WordPress VendorUnknown Affected 2.5.1 to before 2.5.1 Fixed in 2.5.1 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:deliciousbrains:database_backup:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 2.5.1 | Vulnerable | Delicious Brains |
- cpe:2.3:a:deliciousbrains:database_backup:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 2.5.1 Vulnerable ·Delicious Brains
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Database Backup for WordPress (Unknown) Fixed in 2.5.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-0255
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-39wp-jccv-4jrh
References
More Delicious Brains Database Backup vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-06614 Database Backup for WordPress < 2.4 - Authenticated Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2022-01448 Database Backup for WordPress < 2.5.2 - Arbitrary Schedule Settings Update via CSRF CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2022-0255 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-0255 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-39wp-jccv-4jrh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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