WP STAGING PRO - Backup Duplicator & Migration <= 5.6.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Limited Local File Inclusion

7.5
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2024-5551
CVSS 7.5 (High)
Publicly Published June 13, 2024
Last Updated June 14, 2024
Researcher stealthcopter

Description

The WP STAGING Pro WordPress Backup Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'sub' parameter called from the WP STAGING WordPress Backup Plugin - Backup Duplicator & Migration plugin. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include any local files that end in '-settings.php' via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

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Vulnerability Details for WP STAGING Pro WordPress Backup Plugin

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-staging-pro
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 5.6.1, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 5.6.0
Patched Version
  • 5.6.1

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