Access violation vulnerability in DB Backup 5.0

The DB Backup plugin version 4.5 and earlier for WordPress has a security issue that allows people from outside to read any file on the website. This is done by inserting special characters (like “”..”” or “”dot dot””) in the file parameter of the download.php file.

Detected in:

DB Backup open vulnerable versions: >= * < 5.0

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