CVE-2022-31474

WordPress BackupBuddy Plugin 8.5.8.0-8.7.4.1 is vulnerable to Directory Traversal

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.

Affected

iThemes · BackupBuddy

CVSS v3.1 NVD

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

63.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 99th percentile

Nuclei

high · CWE-22

Published

2023-03-13

Updated

2026-04-28

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-31474.yaml

Exploit collections (1)

• CVE-2022-31474.yamlzan8in/afrog

Security advisories

• https://ithemes.com/blog/wordpress-vulnerability-report-special-edition-september-6-2022-…
• https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/backupbuddy/wordpress-backup-buddy-plugin-8…

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry