CVE-2022-31474 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in iThemes BackupBuddy allows Path Traversal.This issue affects BackupBuddy: from 8.5.8.0 through 8.7.4.1.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Ithemes	Backupbuddy

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ithemes:backupbuddy:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://ithemes.com/blog/wordpress-vulnerability-report-special-edition-september-6-2022-backupbuddy/
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/backupbuddy/wordpress-backup-buddy-plugin-8-5-8-0-8-7-4-1-unauthenticated-path-traversal-arbitrary-file-download-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Wed, 08 Jan 2025 23:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2023-03-13T13:21:10.259Z

Updated: 2025-01-08T22:08:42.496Z

Reserved: 2022-08-09T14:36:40.807Z

Link: CVE-2022-31474

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T07:19:06.133Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-13T14:15:12.507

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:04:31.743

Link: CVE-2022-31474

Redhat

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