CVE-2023-6972

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

1.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 70.4% 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.

Published

2023-12-23 01:59Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-04-08 16:34Z4 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

• 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