Duplicator <= 1.2.41 - Sensitive Information Disclosure leading to Remote Code Execution

9.8
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2018-17207
CVSS 9.8 (Critical)
Publicly Published August 29, 2018
Last Updated February 1, 2023
Researchers Thomas Chauchefoin
Julien Legras

Description

An issue was discovered in Duplicator before 1.2.42. By accessing leftover installer files (installer.php and installer-backup.php), an attacker can inject PHP code into wp-config.php during the database setup step, achieving arbitrary code execution.

Wordfence blocked 13,049 attacks targeting this vulnerability in the past 24 hours.

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Vulnerability Details for Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug duplicator (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.2.42, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.2.40
Patched Version
  • 1.2.42

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