CyberRota Analysis
This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.9. It affects WordPress. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. Its EPSS score suggests a 24.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated.
Public Exploit Signal
A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.
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Original NVD Description
An issue was discovered in the XCloner Backup and Restore plugin before 4.2.13 for WordPress. It gave authenticated attackers the ability to modify arbitrary files, including PHP files. Doing so would allow an attacker to achieve remote code execution. The xcloner_restore.php write_file_action could overwrite wp-config.php, for example. Alternatively, an attacker could create an exploit chain to obtain a database dump.
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