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WP Database Backup <= 5.1.2 — Unauthenticated Settings Update to Remote Code Execution

f8035ed9-d267-44da-9de4-cf3d6ece7059Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤5.1.2Update to 5.1.3 or newer

All remediation steps
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Severity
Critical9.8
CVSS
9.8
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:N Privileges required
None
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:H Confidentiality
High
I:H Integrity
High
A:H Availability
High
Weakness
CWE-862 Missing Authorization
Required access
No account needed
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
On this page8

Am I affected?

WP Database Backup – Unlimited Database & Files Backup by Backup for WP wp-database-backup

  1. Affected≤ 5.1.2
  2. Patched in5.1.3

Update to 5.1.3 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 5.1.2. Version 5.1.3 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under 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

  1. Update to version 5.1.3, 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 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.

The WP Database Backup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthenticated settings update that can lead to remote code execution via the wpsetting functionality in versions up to, and including, 5.1.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious code into settings that will execute when a back-up is triggered by an unsuspecting user.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

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

Advisories & patches

More in WP Database Backup – Unlimited Database & Files Backup by Backup for WP

All 14
More vulnerabilities in WP Database Backup – Unlimited Database & Files Backup by Backup for WP
SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
High7.2Authenticated (Administrator+) OS Command Injection via 'wp_db_exclude_table' Parameter
≤7.11Update to 7.12
CVE-2026-9834
High7.5Unauthenticated Database Back-Up Exposure
≤7.3Update to 7.4
CVE-2024-12330
Medium5.5 Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤5.8.3Update to 5.9
CVE-2022-2271
Medium5.5Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤5.8Update to 5.9
—
High7.5Unauthenticated Information Disclosure
≤5.5Update to 5.5.1
CVE-2020-7241

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Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity critical, CVSS 9.8

  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.
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