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CVE-2020-7241

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-7241 describes a vulnerability in the WP Database Backup plugin through version 5.5 for WordPress, affecting wpseeds wp_database_backup. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to potentially read sensitive database backup ZIP archives stored in wp-content/uploads/db-backup/ by guessing predictable file names. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high confidentiality impact, but no integrity or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wpseeds:wp_database_backup:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0243 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / V1n1v131r4/Exploiting-WP-Database-Backup-WordPress-Plugin/blob/master/README.md
ExploitThird Party Advisory
wordpress.org / plugins/wp-database-backup
Third Party Advisory
zeroauth.ltd / blog/2020/01/21/analysis-on-cve-2020-7241-misrepresenting-a-security-vulnerability
Third Party Advisory