Vulnerability · Published Jan 1, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-35948
Critical 9.9
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 24.9% (higher than 98% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.9Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)24.9%top 2.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in the XCloner Backup and Restore plugin before 4.2.13 for WordPress. It gave authenticated attackers the ability to modify arbitrary files, including PHP files. Doing so would allow an attacker to achieve remote code execution. The xcloner_restore.php write_file_action could overwrite wp-config.php, for example. Alternatively, an attacker could create an exploit chain to obtain a database dump.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/09/critical-vulnerabilities-patched-in-xcloner-backup-and-restore-plugin/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10412 x_refsource_MISC
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163336/WordPress-XCloner-4.2.12-Remote-Code-Execution.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/Hacker5preme/Exploits/tree/main/Wordpress/CVE-2020-35948 x_refsource_MISC