BackWPup <= 4.0.2 — Plaintext Storage of Backup Destination Password
CVE-2023-5775Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤4.0.2Update to 4.0.3 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Low2.2
- CVSS
- 2.2CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:HAttack complexity- High
PR:HPrivileges required- High
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin backwpup
- Affected≤ 4.0.2
- Patched in4.0.3
Update to 4.0.3 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 4.0.2. Version 4.0.3 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 4.0.3, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Stefan Marjanov.
The BackWPup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Plaintext Storage of Backup Destination Password in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.2. This is due to to the plugin improperly storing backup destination passwords in plaintext. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to retrieve the password from the password input field in the UI or from the options table where the password is stored.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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| Medium4.3 | 5.7.4 - Missing Authorization 5.2.2 – 5.7.4Update to 5.7.5 | CVE-2026-86815 | |
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤5.7.4Update to 5.7.5 | CVE-2026-65443 |
- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Information Exposure
<5.7.7Update to 5.7.7
- Medium4.9Authenticated (Administrator+) Path Traversal
<5.7.7Update to 5.7.7
- Medium5.35.7.6 - Missing Authorization
3.3 – 5.7.6Update to 5.7.7
- Medium4.35.7.4 - Missing Authorization
5.2.2 – 5.7.4Update to 5.7.5
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤5.7.4Update to 5.7.5
Timeline
CVE published
Severity low, CVSS 2.2
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
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- CVE® identifiers
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- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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