CVE-2022-31474 is a critical Path Traversal vulnerability affecting iThemes BackupBuddy versions 8.5.8.0 through 8.7.4.1, allowing an attacker to access restricted directories. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High) and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to high confidentiality impact. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit intelligence shows available Nuclei templates for Local File Inclusion, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, including reports of active exploitation in the wild.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 8.5.8.0, <= 8.7.4.1CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:ithemes:backupbuddy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.5.8.0, < 8.7.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ithemes:backupbuddy:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.