Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 8, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2011-5208

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the BackWPup plugin before 1.4.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the wpabs parameter to (1) app/options-view_log-iframe.php or (2) app/options-runnow-iframe.php.

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Affected products

Backwpup/Backwpup
cpe:2.3:a:backwpup:backwpup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=1.4.0
WordPress/Backwpupllm-fuzzy
Range: <1.4.1
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/backwpup

Patches

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References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2011-02/0663.htmlnvdExploit
secunia.com/advisories/43565nvdVendor Advisory
wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backwpup/changelog/nvd
www.osvdb.org/71242nvd
www.osvdb.org/71243nvd

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