CVE-2011-4342 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 10.7% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in wp_xml_export.php in the BackWPup plugin before 1.7.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the wpabs parameter.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 10.69% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-94 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2012-10-08 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| backwpup | backwpup |
| wordpress | wordpress |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | WordPress Plugin BackWPup - Remote Code Execution / Local Code Execution | 2011-03-28 |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/view/99799/SOS-11-003.txt
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Mar/328
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43565
- http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backwpup-remote-and-local-codeexecution-vulnerability-sos-11-003
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17056
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/22/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/22/7
- http://www.osvdb.org/71481
- http://www.senseofsecurity.com.au/advisories/SOS-11-003.pdf
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/view/99799/SOS-11-003.txt
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Mar/328
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43565
- http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backwpup-remote-and-local-codeexecution-vulnerability-sos-11-003
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17056
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/22/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/22/7
- http://www.osvdb.org/71481
- http://www.senseofsecurity.com.au/advisories/SOS-11-003.pdf
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