CVE-2022-2551

Duplicator vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

12.5%

EPSS pct

96th

Exploited

No known

The Duplicator WordPress plugin before 1.4.7 discloses the url of the a backup to unauthenticated visitors accessing the main installer endpoint of the plugin, if the installer script has been run once by an administrator, allowing download of the full site backup without authenticating.

Affected vendor

Awesomemotive

Affected product

Duplicator

CVSS vector

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

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-425 — Direct Request (Forced Browsing)

Published

2022-08-22

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 12.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2022-2551

Confirm whether Awesomemotive Duplicator is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2022-2551.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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