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7.5
CVSS
High

CVE-2022-31474

PUBLISHED

WordPress BackupBuddy Plugin 8.5.8.0-8.7.4.1 is vulnerable to Directory Traversal

Exploited in the wild Remote Low complexity No user interaction
Vendor
iThemes
Product
BackupBuddy
Published
Mar 13, 2023
EPSS
92.7% · 100% pctl

Description

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.

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CVSS scores

CVSS v3.1 7.5 High

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

Exploitation status

Exploited in the wild

Recorded 2022-09-07 07:56:11 UTC · Source

SSVC decision points

Exploitation
none
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
partial

References

Known exploited vulnerability sources

Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.

Source Added
Wordfence Sep 07, 2022

Scanner integrations

Scanner Reference Detected
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-31474.yaml Apr 25, 2025

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Detected by Nuclei