CVE-2011-5208

Exp

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the BackWPup plugin before 1.4.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the wpabs parameter to (1) app/options-view_log-iframe.php or (2) app/options-runnow-iframe.php.

Published: 2012-10-08 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2011-5208 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.26%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.89% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2011-5208

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-5208

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.37% 3.26% +2.89%
2 2026-06-09 0.56% 0.37% -0.18%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.56% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-5208

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-5208

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-5208

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
backwpup backwpup <= 1.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:backwpup:backwpup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-5208

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