Backup Migration <= 1.3.7 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- 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-94.
Summary
The Backup Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.7 via the /includes/backup-heart.php file. This is due to an attacker being able to control the values passed to an include, and subsequently leverage that to achieve remote code execution. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to easily execute code on the server.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-6553
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2rcj-3wpj-27f2
References
Patch 5
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.3.7/includes/backup-heart.php#L38
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.3.7/includes/backup-heart.php#L62
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.3.7/includes/backup-heart.php#L64
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.3.7/includes/backup-heart.php#L118
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3006541%40backup-backup&new=3006541%40backup-backup&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
More inisev vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-00517 Enhanced Text Widget < 1.6.6 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2023-01258 Redirection < 1.1.5 - Plugin Reset via CSRF CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2023-01257 Redirection < 1.1.4 - Redirect Creation via CSRF CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2024-00519 Ultimate Posts Widget < 2.3.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2023-06399 Backup Migration <= 1.3.9 - Authenticated (Admin+) OS Command Injection via url CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2024-09597 Social Media Share Buttons < 2.9.0 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
Sources
- CVE-2023-6553 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-6553 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2rcj-3wpj-27f2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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