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CVE-2022-2863Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid Path Traversal

Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid <= 0.9.75 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Path Traversal

Published Sep 16, 2022 · Updated Aug 3, 2024 · Also known as 8c6c2695-6244-43fa-8920-7dba14668659, WORDFENCE-8c6c2695-6244-43fa-8920-7dba14668659

Key Facts

Routine patching
  • CVE-2022-2863 is a medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 4.9 v3.1) affecting Migration\, Backup\, Staging (Wpvivid), wpvivid-backuprestore (wordpress-plugin), Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid.
  • It is not listed in any known-exploited vulnerabilities catalog. No public exploit code is known.
  • EPSS estimates a 25% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
  • Fixed versions are available, including Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid 0.9.76, Migration\, Backup\, Staging 0.9.76, wpvivid-backuprestore 0.9.76.
  • Brandefense priority: routine patching, as no exploitation is known and its severity is moderate or low.

Scores

CVSS v3.1

4.9

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

EPSS (30-day exploit likelihood)

25%

Higher than 97.9% of all scored CVEs

Exploit maturity

Proof of concept

ATLAS score

35/100

Publication score, see How it works

Exploitation Verdict

KEV listed

Not listed

Federal due date

None

No federal due date

Ransomware use

Not reported

Attributed actors

None named

Exploit & Defence Guidance

Exploit maturity

Proof of concept

Public exploit code

1

Proof-of-concept links

In-the-wild evidence

1

Reports of active use

Description

The Migration, Backup, Staging WordPress plugin before 0.9.76 does not sanitise and validate a parameter before using it to read the content of a file, allowing high privilege users to read any file from the web server via a Traversal attack

Affected Products

3 affected entries in total
ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Migration\, Backup\, StagingWpvividSee advisory0.9.76
wpvivid-backuprestorewordpress-pluginSee advisory0.9.76
Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid>= 0.9.760.9.76

Patched Releases

Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid

0.9.76

Migration\, Backup\, Staging

0.9.76

wpvivid-backuprestore

0.9.76

Timeline

  1. Publicly disclosed

    Sep 16, 2022

  2. Last updated

    Aug 3, 2024

Weakness Type

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

FAQ

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Figures as of Oct 19, 2026. Compiled by Brandefense technologies from public vulnerability catalogs; scoring as described in How it works.

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