01 Record
CVE-2023-6972
Backup Migration <= 1.3.9 - Unauthenticated Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Deletion
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: Wordfence
CNA base score9.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Backup Migration <= 1.3.9 - Unauthenticated Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Deletion
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 71.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2023-12-23 01:59Z2 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-04-08 16:34Z6 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-12-20
- Assigning CNA
- Wordfence
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 5d863efdcd3ec84e9a38c237a77317c0014cd0535e0806d66282f7a97daf3cdb
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0a3ae696-f67d-4ed2-b307-d2f36b6f188c?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.3.9/includes/backup-heart.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backup-backup/tags/1.3.9/includes/bypasser.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3012745/backup-backup