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WP-DBManager <= 2.79.1 — Directory Traversal Allowing Arbitrary File Deletion

52c24f18-832b-4416-a148-a23e38b257e0Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: <2.79.2Update to 2.79.2 or newer

All remediation steps
Watch plugin
Severity
High8.7
CVSS
8.7
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:H Privileges required
High
UI:N User interaction
None
S:C Scope
Changed
C:N Confidentiality
None
I:H Integrity
High
A:H Availability
High
Weakness
CWE-22 Path Traversal
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
On this page8

Am I affected?

WP-DBManager wp-dbmanager

  1. Affected< 2.79.2
  2. Patched in2.79.2

Update to 2.79.2 or newer.

You are affected if you run < 2.79.2. Version 2.79.2 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under WP-DBManager.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to version 2.79.2, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch WP-DBManager to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to RIPS Technologies.

The WP-DBManager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal allowing arbitrary file deletion in versions up to, and including, 2.79.1. This allows authenticated high-privilege attackers to delete arbitrary files, which can be used to reset a site and gain administrative access.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

More in WP-DBManager

All 5
More vulnerabilities in WP-DBManager
SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
High7.2Authenticated (Admin+) Remote Code Execution on Multi-Site
≤2.80.7Update to 2.80.8
CVE-2022-2354
Medium6.5Arbitrary File Read
<2.7.2Update to 2.7.2
CVE-2014-8336
High8.8Command Injection
<2.72Update to 2.72
CVE-2014-8335
High7.8OS Command Injection
<2.72Update to 2.72
CVE-2014-8334

Same weakness (Path Traversal)

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Critical9.8Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter
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Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity high, CVSS 8.7

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
VulnCrest content
Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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