WP Database Backup – Unlimited Database & Files Backup by Backup for WP <= 7.3 — Unauthenticated Database Back-Up Exposure
CVE-2024-12330Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤7.3Update to 7.4 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:H/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
WP Database Backup – Unlimited Database & Files Backup by Backup for WP wp-database-backup
- Affected≤ 7.3
- Patched in7.4
Update to 7.4 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 7.3. Version 7.4 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 Database Backup – Unlimited Database & Files Backup by Backup for WP.
- 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 7.4, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch WP Database Backup – Unlimited Database & Files Backup by Backup for WP to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Noah Stead (TurtleBurg).
The WP Database Backup – Unlimited Database & Files Backup by Backup for WP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 7.3 via publicly accessible back-up files. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including all information stored in the database.
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
More in WP Database Backup – Unlimited Database & Files Backup by Backup for WP
All 14| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High7.2 | Authenticated (Administrator+) OS Command Injection via 'wp_db_exclude_table' Parameter ≤7.11Update to 7.12 | CVE-2026-9834 | |
| Medium5.5 | Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤5.8.3Update to 5.9 | CVE-2022-2271 | |
| Medium5.5 | Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤5.8Update to 5.9 | — | |
| High7.5 | Unauthenticated Information Disclosure ≤5.5Update to 5.5.1 | CVE-2020-7241 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated OS Command Injection <5.2Update to 5.2 | CVE-2019-25224 |
- High7.2Authenticated (Administrator+) OS Command Injection via 'wp_db_exclude_table' Parameter
≤7.11Update to 7.12
- Medium5.5Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤5.8.3Update to 5.9
- Medium5.5Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤5.8Update to 5.9
- High7.5Unauthenticated Information Disclosure
≤5.5Update to 5.5.1
- Critical9.8Unauthenticated OS Command Injection
<5.2Update to 5.2
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- CVSS / CWE
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