wpvividplugins Migration, Backup, Staging Plugin up to 0.9.35 on WordPress wpvivid_upload_import_files unrestricted upload

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in wpvividplugins Migration, Backup, Staging Plugin up to 0.9.35 on WordPress. This impacts the function wpvivid_upload_import_files. Such manipulation leads to unrestricted upload. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2020-36842. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in wpvividplugins Migration, Backup, Staging Plugin up to 0.9.35 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is the function wpvivid_upload_import_files. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to a missing capability check on the wpvivid_upload_import_files and wpvivid_upload_files AJAX actions that allows low-level authenticated attackers to upload zip files that can be subsequently extracted. This affects versions up to, and including 0.9.35.

The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-36842 since 10/15/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/31/2024). This vulnerability is assigned to T1608.002 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• Backup Software

Vendor

• wpvividplugins

Name

• Migration, Backup, Staging Plugin

Version

• 0.9.0
• 0.9.1
• 0.9.2
• 0.9.3
• 0.9.4
• 0.9.5
• 0.9.6
• 0.9.7
• 0.9.8
• 0.9.9
• 0.9.10
• 0.9.11
• 0.9.12
• 0.9.13
• 0.9.14
• 0.9.15
• 0.9.16
• 0.9.17
• 0.9.18
• 0.9.19
• 0.9.20
• 0.9.21
• 0.9.22
• 0.9.23
• 0.9.24
• 0.9.25
• 0.9.26
• 0.9.27
• 0.9.28
• 0.9.29
• 0.9.30
• 0.9.31
• 0.9.32
• 0.9.33
• 0.9.34
• 0.9.35

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