WordPress BackupBuddy Plugin 8.5.8.0-8.7.4.1 is vulnerable to Directory Traversal

published 2023-03-13 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-53276

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 63.8%; EPSS 63.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.2%
public exploits: 0; none known, plus a Nuclei check

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in iThemes BackupBuddy allows Path Traversal.This issue affects BackupBuddy: from 8.5.8.0 through 8.7.4.1.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

iThemes BackupBuddy 8.7.5.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 21 mo ago (2025-01-08)

Exploit prediction

63.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

Nuclei template BackupBuddy - Local File Inclusion nuclei detection template

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

iThemes BackupBuddy

Classification

Weakness

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

ithemes.com /blog/wordpress-vulnerability-report-special-edition-september-6-2022-backupbuddy/
vendor-advisory
patchstack.com /database/vulnerability/backupbuddy/wordpress-backup-buddy-plugin-8-5-8-0-8-7-4-1-unauthenticated-path-travers
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-31474
NVD CVE-2022-31474

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Summary