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Backup Guard <= 1.5.9 — Authenticated Arbitrary File Upload

CVE-2021-24155Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤1.5.9Update to 1.6.0 or newer

All remediation steps
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Severity
High7.2
CVSS
7.2
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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:U Scope
Unchanged
C:H Confidentiality
High
I:H Integrity
High
A:H Availability
High
Weakness
CWE-434 Arbitrary File Upload
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
On this page8

Am I affected?

JetBackup – Backup, Restore & Migrate backup

  1. Affected≤ 1.5.9
  2. Patched in1.6.0

Update to 1.6.0 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 1.5.9. Version 1.6.0 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under JetBackup – Backup, Restore & Migrate.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to version 1.6.0, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch JetBackup – Backup, Restore & Migrate to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Nguyen Van Khanh.

The WordPress Backup and Migrate Plugin – Backup Guard WordPress plugin before 1.6.0 did not ensure that the imported files are of the SGBP format and extension, allowing high privilege users (admin+) to upload arbitrary files, including PHP ones, leading to RCE.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

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

Advisories & patches

More in JetBackup – Backup, Restore & Migrate

All 13
More vulnerabilities in JetBackup – Backup, Restore & Migrate
SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
Medium4.7Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Write
≤3.1.24.9Update to 3.1.24.10
CVE-2026-104068
Medium6.33.1.23.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
3.1.7.9 – 3.1.23.3Update to 3.1.23.5
CVE-2026-19453
Medium4.93.1.23.3 - Authenticated (Admin+) Backup Download
3.1.18.8 – 3.1.23.3Update to 3.1.23.5
CVE-2026-19454
Medium4.9Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary Directory Deletion via Path Traversal in 'fileName' Parameter
≤3.1.19.8Update to 3.1.20.3
CVE-2026-4853
Critical9.8Sensitive Information Exposure via Directory Listing
≤2.0.9.7Update to 2.0.9.9
CVE-2023-7165

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Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity high, CVSS 7.2

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
[object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
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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