CVE-2023-5775
Published: 26 February 2024
Summary
CVE-2023-5775 is a low-severity Plaintext Storage of a Password (CWE-256) vulnerability in Inpsyde Backwpup. Its CVSS base score is 2.2 (Low).
Operationally, ranked at the 37.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-58058
Vulnerability details
The BackWPup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Plaintext Storage of Backup Destination Password in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.2. This is due to to the plugin improperly storing backup destination passwords in plaintext. This makes it possible…
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for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to retrieve the password from the password input field in the UI or from the options table where the password is stored.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Protection of passwords and credentials at rest forces encryption or equivalent controls instead of plaintext storage.