CVE-2022-2271

CVE-2022-2271: WP Database Backup < 5.9 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Vendor Unknown

Product WP Database Backup

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published September 5, 2022

Last update August 3, 2024

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

The WP Database Backup WordPress plugin before 5.9 does not escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 5, 2022 CVE published

August 3, 2024 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2271 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html

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