CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-35948
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-01-01
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.9 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863
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.
Affected configurations
• xcloner xcloner (>= 4.2.1 < 4.2.13)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163336/WordPress-XCloner-4.2.12-Remote-Code-Execution.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/Hacker5preme/Exploits/tree/main/Wordpress/CVE-2020-35948 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10412 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/09/critical-vulnerabilities-patched-in-xcloner-backup-and-restore-plugin/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163336/WordPress-XCloner-4.2.12-Remote-Code-Execution.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/Hacker5preme/Exploits/tree/main/Wordpress/CVE-2020-35948 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10412 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/09/critical-vulnerabilities-patched-in-xcloner-backup-and-restore-plugin/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory