Backuply — Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone <= 1.2.6 - Denial of Service
CVE-2024-0842Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.2.6Update to 1.2.7 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.5
- CVSS
- 7.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:NIntegrity- None
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone backuply
- Affected≤ 1.2.6
- Patched in1.2.7
Update to 1.2.7 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.2.6. Version 1.2.7 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 1.2.7, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to villu164.
The Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Denial of Service in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.6. This is due to direct access of the backuply/restore_ins.php file and. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make excessive requests that result in the server running out of resources.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
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All 6| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High8.0 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Second-Order SQL Injection via Restore to Privilege Escalation ≤1.5.8Update to 1.5.9 | CVE-2026-93953 | |
| Medium6.5 | Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Deletion ≤1.4.8Update to 1.4.9 | CVE-2025-10307 | |
| Critical9.1 | Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection ≤1.3.4Update to 1.3.5 | CVE-2024-8669 | |
| Medium4.9 | Authenticated (Admin+) Directory Traversal ≤1.2.7Update to 1.2.8 | CVE-2024-2294 | |
| Medium6.5 | Authenticated (Administrator+) Directory Traversal ≤1.2.3Update to 1.2.4 | CVE-2024-0697 |
- High8.0Authenticated (Subscriber+) Second-Order SQL Injection via Restore to Privilege Escalation
≤1.5.8Update to 1.5.9
- Medium6.5Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Deletion
≤1.4.8Update to 1.4.9
- Critical9.1Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection
≤1.3.4Update to 1.3.5
- Medium4.9Authenticated (Admin+) Directory Traversal
≤1.2.7Update to 1.2.8
- Medium6.5Authenticated (Administrator+) Directory Traversal
≤1.2.3Update to 1.2.4
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.5
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.