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WP Database Backup <= 7.11 - Authenticated (Administrator+) OS Command Injection via 'wp_db_exclude_table' Parameter

  • Veröffentlicht: 01.07.2026
  • Aktualisiert: 11.10.2026 10:22

The WP Database Backup – Unlimited Database & Files Backup by Backup for WP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to OS Command Injection in all versions up to and including 7.11 via the wp_db_exclude_table parameter. This is due to the direct concatenation of user-supplied $_POST['wp_db_exclude_table'] values into the mysqldump shell command string in the mysqldump() function of includes/admin/class-wpdb-admin.php without wrapping them in escapeshellarg()—every other argument in the same command (DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, host, filename, DB_NAME) is properly escaped, making the exclude-table values the sole exception—and because the only applied filtering, sanitize_text_field() via recursive_sanitize_text_field(), strips HTML tags but leaves shell metacharacters such as ;, |, `, and $() intact. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the server, potentially enabling full remote code execution. The injection is stored: malicious values submitted through the plugin settings form are persisted to the WordPress options table via update_option('wp_db_exclude_table') and later retrieved with get_option() and passed unsanitized to shell_exec() whenever a backup operation runs.

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CVSS-Wert 7.2/10
CVSS-Vektor
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Schwäche (CWE)
CWE-77
Plattform
WordPress
Paket
WP Database Backup – Unlimited Database & Files Backup by Backup for WP
Veröffentlicht
01.07.2026
Aktualisiert
11.10.2026 10:22

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08.2015 07.2026
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  • Kritisch 2
  • Hoch 6
  • Mittel 6

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  2. 2018: 0
  3. 2019: 3
  4. 2020: 1
  5. 2021: 0
  6. 2022: 2
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  9. 2025: 1
  10. 2026: 1

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  1. WP Database Backup <= 7.11 - Authenticated (Administrator+) OS Command Injection via 'wp_db_exclude_table' Parameter dieser Eintrag
    Hoch · 7.2 CVE-2026-9834 <= 7.11 7.12
  2. Kritisch · 9.8 CVE-2019-25224 < 5.2 5.2
  3. Kritisch · 9.8 f8035ed9-d267-44da-9de4-cf3d6ece7059 <= 5.1.2 5.1.3
  4. Hoch · 8.8 76f9d37e-1339-4267-aaf6-38a591e97fa2 < 4.3.6 4.3.6
  5. Hoch · 8.8 CVE-2016-10874 < 4.3.3 4.3.3
  6. Hoch · 8.8 CVE-2016-10876 <= 4.3 4.3.1

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