CVE-2024-12850

Published: Dec 24, 2024Modified: Jun 17, 2026Deferred

4.9

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitability: 1.2 / Impact: 3.6

Source: security@wordfence.com (Secondary)

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.

Related CWEs

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References (3)

http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/database-backup/tags/2.32/functions/download.php

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3212315/database-backup/trunk/functions/download.php

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b972626c-6374-4084-a0e1-1ea4a3062228?source=cve

Source: security@wordfence.com

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