CVE-2021-24155 — Backup Guard < 1.6.0 - Authenticated Arbitrary File Upload

Description

The WordPress Backup and Migrate Plugin – Backup Guard WordPress plugin before 1.6.0 did not ensure that the imported files are of the SGBP format and extension, allowing high privilege users (admin+) to upload arbitrary files, including PHP ones, leading to RCE.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected	Fixed
—	WordPress Backup and Migrate Plugin – Backup Guard	1.6.0 – < 1.6.0	1.6.0

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Metasploit 1 module

Wordpress Plugin Backup Guard - Authenticated Remote Code Execution
exploit/multi/http/wp_plugin_backup_guard_rce

Exploit-DB 1

Wordpress Plugin Backup Guard 1.5.8 - Remote Code Execution (Authenticated) EDB-50093 · webapps · Jul 5, 2021

GitHub 1 repository

0dayNinja/CVE-2021-24155.rb ★ 10 · Jul 30, 2021

WordPress Backup Guard Authenticated Remote Code Execution Exploit

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Automated scanner template

A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.

WordPress BackupGuard <1.6.0 - Authenticated Arbitrary File Upload http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-24155.yaml

Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.