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CVE-2022-0255
Database Backup for WordPress < 2.5.1 - Admin+ SQL Injection
High7.2EPSS 1.3%
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- WPScan
Description
The Database Backup for WordPress plugin before 2.5.1 does not properly sanitise and escape the fragment parameter before using it in a SQL statement in the admin dashboard, leading to a SQL injection issue
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
Unknown · Database Backup for WordPress
- affected 2.5.1 – < 2.5.1
References (1)
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/684bb06d-864f-4cba-ab0d-f83974d026fa (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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