High severity · published Jan 1, 2024
CVE-2023-6271
Backup Migration Staging < 1.3.6 - Sensitive Data Exposure
7.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Backup Migration WordPress plugin before 1.3.6 stores in-progress backups information in easy to find, publicly-accessible files, which may allow attackers monitoring those to leak sensitive information from the site's backups.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 53% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BM
Backup Migration ·
before 1.3.6 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6271
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6271
Exploit
https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2023-6271-backup-migration-unauth-sensitive-data-exposure-to-full-control-of-the-site-poc-exploit
Exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7ac217db-f332-404b-a265-6dc86fe747b9
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