CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8. It affects WordPress. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. 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
The Worry Proof Backup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 0.2.4 via the backup upload functionality. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to upload a malicious ZIP archive with path traversal sequences to write arbitrary files anywhere on the server, including executable PHP files. This can lead to remote code execution.