WP STAGING Backup Plugin on WordPress Backup Process information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in WP STAGING Backup Plugin and WP STAGING Pro Backup Plugin on WordPress. Affected is an unknown function of the component Backup Process Handler. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-6113. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in WP STAGING Backup Plugin and WP STAGING Pro Backup Plugin on WordPress (Backup Software) (the affected version is unknown). This affects an unknown code of the component Backup Process Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The WP STAGING WordPress Backup Plugin before 3.1.3 and WP STAGING Pro WordPress Backup Plugin before 5.1.3 do not prevent visitors from leaking key information about ongoing backups processes, allowing unauthenticated attackers to download said backups later.

The weakness was published 01/01/2024 by Dmitrii Ignatyev. It is possible to read the advisory at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-6113 since 11/13/2023. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is shared for download at research.cleantalk.org. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-58368). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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11/13/2023 🔍
01/01/2024 +49 days 🔍
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06/18/2025 +534 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Dmitrii Ignatyev
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-6113 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-6113
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-249435
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scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 01/01/2024 16:29
Updated: 06/18/2025 19:16
Changes: 01/01/2024 16:29 (43), 01/22/2024 12:15 (11), 06/18/2025 18:15 (16), 06/18/2025 19:16 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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