CVE-2023-5982 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-5982: UpdraftPlus <= 1.23.10 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Google Drive Storage Update

Vendor Davidanderson
Product UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin
Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF
Published November 7, 2023
Last update April 8, 2026

CVSS base score

5.4/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The UpdraftPlus: WordPress Backup & Migration Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.23.10. This is due to a lack of nonce validation and insufficient validation of the instance_id on the 'updraftmethod-googledrive-auth' action used to update Google Drive remote storage location. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the Google Drive location that backups are sent to via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. This can make it possible for attackers to receive backups for a site which may contain sensitive information.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 7, 2023 CVE published
April 8, 2026 Record updated