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Through January 6th, 2025, our program has an expanded scope for all researchers with a new lower active install count threshold, automatic bonuses for in-scope submissions, an extra bonus for those focusing on high-risk vulnerabilities, a minimum bounty for all submissions, increased pending report limits, and our rewards remain as high as $31,200.
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BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin
Information
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug | backwpup (view on wordpress.org) |
| Software Status | Active |
| Software Author | wp_media |
| Software Website | backwpup.com |
| Software Downloads | 16,224,526 |
| Software Active Installs | 600,000 |
| Software Record Last Updated | December 20, 2024 |
8 Vulnerabilities
Researcher:
Marco Wotschka
Researcher:
Stefan Marjanov
Researcher:
Dmitrii Ignatyev
Researcher:
Marco Wotschka
Researcher:
Larry W. Cashdollar
Researcher:
High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab
Researcher:
Phil Taylor - Sense of Security Labs
Researcher:
Danilo Massa
| Title | Status | CVE ID | CVSS | Researchers | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BackWPup <= 4.0.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Directory Traversal | Patched | CVE-2023-5505 | Marco Wotschka | August 16, 2024 | |
| BackWPup <= 4.0.2 - Plaintext Storage of Backup Destination Password | Patched | CVE-2023-5775 | Stefan Marjanov | February 23, 2024 | |
| BackWPup <= 4.0.3 - Sensitive Information Exposure | Patched | CVE-2023-7164 | Dmitrii Ignatyev | December 18, 2023 | |
| BackWPup <= 4.0.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Directory Traversal | Patched | CVE-2023-5504 | Marco Wotschka | November 22, 2023 | |
| BackWPup <= 3.4.1 - Unauthenticated Backup Download | Patched | CVE-2017-2551 | Larry W. Cashdollar | September 8, 2017 | |
| BackWPup < 3.0.13 - Cross-Site Scripting | Patched | CVE-2013-4626 | High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab | August 21, 2013 | |
| BackWPup <= 1.7.1 - Remote File Inclusion | Patched | CVE-2011-4342 | Phil Taylor - Sense of Security Labs | March 28, 2011 | |
| BackWPup – WordPress Backup Plugin < 1.4.1 - Directory Traversal | Patched | CVE-2011-5208 | Danilo Massa | March 2, 2011 |
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