CVE-2023-7164
BackWPup < 4.0.4 - Unauthenticated Backup Download
The BackWPup WordPress plugin before 4.0.4 does not prevent Directory Listing in its temporary backup folder, allowing unauthenticated attackers to download backups of a site's database.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
BackWPup < 4.0.4 - Unauthenticated Backup Download
The BackWPup WordPress plugin before 4.0.4 does not prevent Directory Listing in its temporary backup folder, allowing unauthenticated attackers to download backups of a site's database.
- Record
CVE-2023-7164- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-59345
The BackWPup WordPress plugin before 4.0.4 does not prevent Directory Listing in its temporary backup folder, allowing unauthenticated attackers to download backups of a site's database.
- Record
EUVD-2023-59345- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4v53-9g52-rm7v
The BackWPup WordPress plugin before 4.0.4 does not prevent visitors from leaking key information...
The BackWPup WordPress plugin before 4.0.4 does not prevent visitors from leaking key information about ongoing backups, allowing unauthenticated attackers to download backups of a site's database.
- Record
GHSA-4v53-9g52-rm7v- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The BackWPup WordPress plugin before 4.0.4 does not prevent Directory Listing in its temporary backup folder, allowing unauthenticated attackers to download backups of a site's database.
- Record
CVE-2023-7164- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclei | WordPress BackWPup < 4.0.4 - Backup File Disclosure |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-7164 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Inpsyde Backwpup, published April 8, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.24%, the 82nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.