🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2023-5775

LOW 2.2

BackWPup <= 4.0.2 - Plaintext Storage of Backup Destination Password

CVSS Score
2.2
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The BackWPup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Plaintext Storage of Backup Destination Password in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.2. This is due to to the plugin improperly storing backup destination passwords in plaintext. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to retrieve the password from the password input field in the UI or from the options table where the password is stored.

CWE CWE-256
Vendor wp_media
Product backwpup – wordpress backup & restore plugin
Published Feb 24, 2024
Last Updated Apr 8, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

wp_media / BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin
0 ≤ 4.0.2

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4bce4f04-e622-468a-ac7e-5903ad50cc13?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3039678/backwpup

Credits

Stefan Marjanov