Description
The BackWPup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Plaintext Storage of Backup Destination Password in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.2. This is due to to the plugin improperly storing backup destination passwords in plaintext. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to retrieve the password from the password input field in the UI or from the options table where the password is stored.
Published: 2024-02-24
Score: 2.2 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-58058 The BackWPup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Plaintext Storage of Backup Destination Password in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.2. This is due to to the plugin improperly storing backup destination passwords in plaintext. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to retrieve the password from the password input field in the UI or from the options table where the password is stored.
History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title BackWPup <= 4.0.2 - Plaintext Storage of Backup Destination Password
Weaknesses CWE-256

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00172}

epss

{'score': 0.00234}


Wed, 05 Feb 2025 22:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Inpsyde
Inpsyde backwpup
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-Other
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:inpsyde:backwpup:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Inpsyde
Inpsyde backwpup

Subscriptions

Inpsyde Backwpup
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T16:51:05.144Z

Reserved: 2023-10-25T22:23:15.252Z

Link: CVE-2023-5775

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:07:32.667Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-26T16:27:49.230

Modified: 2026-04-08T18:18:33.653

Link: CVE-2023-5775

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses