Medium severity · published Mar 7, 2023
CVE-2020-36668
The JetBackup – WP Backup, Migrate & Restore plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure in versions up to, and including, 1.4.0 due to a lack of proper…
4.3
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The JetBackup – WP Backup, Migrate & Restore plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure in versions up to, and including, 1.4.0 due to a lack of proper capability checking on the backup_guard_get_manual_modal function called via an AJAX action. This makes it possible for subscriber-level attackers, and above, to invoke the function and obtain database table information.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 50% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
JE
Jetbackup · Jetbackup
through 1.4.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36668
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36668
Release Notes
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2348984%40backup&new=2348984%40backup&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3e2a9d71-21ef-45a1-99ed-477066ce9620?source=cve
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3e2a9d71-21ef-45a1-99ed-477066ce9620
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