Backup, Restore and Migrate WordPress Sites With the XCloner Plugin <= 3.1.1 - Remote Code Execution

7.2
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CVE CVE-2014-8603
CVSS 7.2 (High)
Publicly Published October 17, 2014
Last Updated January 4, 2023
Researcher Larry W. Cashdollar

Description

cloner.functions.php in the XCloner plugin 3.1.1 for WordPress and 3.5.1 for Joomla! allows remote administrators to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the (1) file name when creating a backup or vectors related to the (2) $_CONFIG[tarpath], (3) $exclude, (4) $_CONFIG['tarcompress'], (5) $_CONFIG['filename'], (6) $_CONFIG['exfile_tar'], (7) $_CONFIG[sqldump], (8) $_CONFIG['mysql_host'], (9) $_CONFIG['mysql_pass'], (10) $_CONFIG['mysql_user'], (11) $database_name, or (12) $sqlfile variable.

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Vulnerability Details for Backup, Restore and Migrate your sites with XCloner

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug xcloner-backup-and-restore (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.1.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 3.1.2
Patched Version
  • 3.1.2

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