Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule <= 1.21.15 - Authentication Bypass

9.8
Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
CVE CVE-2020-8771
CVSS 9.8 (Critical)
Publicly Published January 14, 2020
Last Updated November 25, 2022
Researcher WebARX Security - WebARX Security

Description

The Time Capsule plugin before 1.21.16 for WordPress has an authentication bypass. Any request containing IWP_JSON_PREFIX causes the client to be logged in as the first account on the list of administrator accounts.

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Vulnerability Details for Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-time-capsule (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.21.16, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 1.21.16
Patched Version
  • 1.21.16

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