CVE-2021-24174

Database Backups vulnerability

CVSS

8.1

EPSS

3.2%

EPSS pct

87th

Exploited

No known

The Database Backups WordPress plugin through 1.2.2.6 does not have CSRF checks, allowing attackers to make a logged in user unwanted actions, such as generate backups of the database, change the plugin's settings and delete backups.

Affected vendor

Database Backups Project

Affected product

Database Backups

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Published

2021-04-05

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2021-24174

Confirm whether Database Backups Project Database Backups is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2021-24174.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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