Wp All BackupWordPress extension · Walkeprashant
CVE-2023-32583
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Prashant Walke WP All Backup plugin <= 2.4.3 versions.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the WP All Backup plugin versions 2.4.3 and below allows attackers to potentially trick authenticated administrators into performing unintended backup-related actions such as creating, restoring, or deleting backups without their consent.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Wp All BackupWordPress extension
<= 2.4.3CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify WP All Backup plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress Admin > Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'WP All Backup' in the plugin list, or inspect the plugin directory at /wp-content/plugins/wp-all-backup/ and check the main plugin file header for version informationAffected if The plugin is installed and the version displayed is 2.4.3 or lower
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Check plugin version programmaticallyIf you have filesystem access, open /wp-content/plugins/wp-all-backup/wp-all-backup.php and locate the 'Version:' field in the plugin header comment at the top of the fileAffected if The Version field shows 2.4.3 or any version number lower than 2.4.3
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Inspect backup action forms for nonce fieldsAccess the WP All Backup plugin admin pages (typically under Settings > WP All Backup), open browser developer tools, and examine HTML source of forms that perform backup create, restore, or delete actions. Look for input elements with name containing 'nonce' or '_wpnonce'Affected if The forms lack wp_nonce_field() generated nonce inputs (no _wpnonce or similar hidden field is present in the form HTML)
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Check AJAX endpoints for nonce verificationIf you can access plugin source code, examine PHP files handling AJAX requests (typically in main plugin file or separate ajax handler files) for presence of check_ajax_referer() or wp_verify_nonce() calls before processing backup create/restore/delete actionsAffected if The AJAX handlers that process backup actions do not call nonce verification functions, or the verification is missing entirely
A user is affected if the WP All Backup plugin version is 2.4.3 or lower AND the plugin's backup action forms or AJAX endpoints lack nonce/token verification for CSRF protection.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement anti-CSRF tokens (nonces) on all form submissions and AJAX endpoints, and verify request referer headers to ensure requests originate from legitimate sources.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-32583 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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