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CVE-2020-35948 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.9 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163336/WordPress-XCloner-4.2.12-Remote-Code-Execution.html	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/Hacker5preme/Exploits/tree/main/Wordpress/CVE-2020-35948	CVE	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10412	CVE	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/09/critical-vulnerabilities-patched-in-xcloner-backup-and-restore-plugin/	CVE	ExploitThird Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163336/WordPress-XCloner-4.2.12-Remote-Code-Execution.html	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/Hacker5preme/Exploits/tree/main/Wordpress/CVE-2020-35948	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10412	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/09/critical-vulnerabilities-patched-in-xcloner-backup-and-restore-plugin/	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-863	Incorrect Authorization	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
xcloner xcloner	>= 4.2.1, < 4.2.13
CPE cpe:2.3:a:xcloner:xcloner::::::wordpress::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 22, 2022	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Feb 14, 2022	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 21, 2021	CWE Remap	[email protected]
Jul 1, 2021	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 13, 2021	Reanalysis	[email protected]
Jan 13, 2021	Initial Analysis	[email protected]