Subj : Thousands of WordPress websites could be put at risk by this seri
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Tue Dec 12 2023 17:30:05

Thousands of WordPress websites could be put at risk by this serious security 
bug

Date:
Tue, 12 Dec 2023 17:19:16 +0000

Description:
WordPress plugin updates are pushed all the time, but this ones is definitely 
worth installing.

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A recently disclosed vulnerability affecting the Backup Migration WordPress 
plugin has been assigned a severity score of 9.8 out of 10, but things may 
not be as bad as it seems because theres a patch available now. 

The security bug, tracked as CVE-2023-6553, affects all versions up to (and 
including) 1.3.7 of the plugin. 

Successful attackers can gain remote code execution allowing them to fully 
compromise vulnerable WordPress websites through PHP code injection. 
Important WordPress plugin update available now 

WordPress security plugin Wordfence posted about the vulnerability, and 
claims to have blocked 39 attacks within the 24-hour period prior to this 
article being written. 

In the plugins changelog , version 1.3.8 addresses the bug: Patched reported 
CVE  please upgrade. The version also adds tested support for WordPress 
6.4.2, which was released on December 6. 

Its unclear how many users are running vulnerable versions of the plugin, 
however the developers claim to have more than 90,000 downloads and boast a 
94% five-star rate, across more than 900 reviews. 

Researchers from Nex Team are credited with first finding the bug as part of 
Wordfences bug bounty program, which is currently running an incentive until 
December 20 that will see successful reporters earn 6.25x the usual reward. 
Nex Team was awarded $2,751 for alerting Wordfence to the vulnerability. 

Upon notification, Wordfence issued a firewall rule to protect Wordfence 
Premium ($119/year), Wordfence Care ($490/year), and Wordfence Response 
($950/year) customers. Wordfence will also extend the firewall rule to 
non-paying customers after a 30-day period, which means free customers will 
be eligible from January 5, 2024. 

However, Wordfence also notified Backup Migrations developers, BackupBliss, 
about the vulnerability, who subsequently issued a patch within hours. The 
blog post reads: Kudos to the BackupBliss team for an incredibly swift 
response and patch. 

While both a patch and a firewall have now been made available, WordPress 
users are still being urged to apply updates to all plugins as soon as 
possible in order to maintain optimal protection over their sites. More from 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/thousands-of-wordpress-websites-could-b
e-put-at-risk-by-this-serious-security-bug


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