CVE-2021-36884 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Authenticated Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability discovered in WordPress Backup Migration plugin <= 1.1.5 versions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00215.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Backupbliss	Backup Migration

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:backupbliss:backup_migration:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-23460	Authenticated Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability discovered in WordPress Backup Migration plugin <= 1.1.5 versions.

Fixes

Solution

Update to 1.1.6 or higher version.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/backup-backup/wordpress-backup-migration-plugin-1-1-5-authenticated-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability
https://wordpress.org/plugins/backup-backup/#developers

History

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2021-11-19T18:19:34.107Z

Updated: 2025-03-28T16:47:21.365Z

Reserved: 2021-07-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-36884

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:01:59.779Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-11-19T19:15:08.767

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:14:14.883

Link: CVE-2021-36884

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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