High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 13, 2023· Updated Apr 28, 2026

CVE-2022-31474

Description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in iThemes BackupBuddy allows Path Traversal.This issue affects BackupBuddy: from 8.5.8.0 through 8.7.4.1.

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Affected products

Ithemes/Backupbuddy2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:ithemes:backupbuddy:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:ithemes:backupbuddy:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*range: >=8.5.8.0,<8.7.5.0
- (no CPE)range: >=8.5.8.0, <=8.7.4.1

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References

ithemes.com/blog/wordpress-vulnerability-report-special-edition-september-6-2022-backupbuddy/nvdVendor Advisory
patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/backupbuddy/wordpress-backup-buddy-plugin-8-5-8-0-8-7-4-1-unauthenticated-path-traversal-arbitrary-file-download-vulnerabilitynvdThird Party Advisory

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