CVE-2024-0842: CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in softaculous Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone
The Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Denial of Service in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.6. This is due to direct access of the backuply/restore_ins.php file and. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make excessive requests that result in the server running out of resources.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2024-0842 is a denial of service vulnerability in the Backuply WordPress plugin due to direct access to the backuply/restore_ins.php file without authentication. Attackers can send excessive requests to this endpoint, exhausting server resources. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 1.2.6 and is classified under CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption). The CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.5, indicating high severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction, and impact limited to availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation results in denial of service by exhausting server resources, causing the affected WordPress site to become unavailable or unresponsive. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. No official fix or patch links are provided in the available data. Until a patch is available, consider restricting access to the backuply/restore_ins.php file via web server configuration or firewall rules to prevent unauthenticated access and excessive requests.
CVE-2024-0842: CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in softaculous Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone
Description
The Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Denial of Service in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.6. This is due to direct access of the backuply/restore_ins.php file and. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make excessive requests that result in the server running out of resources.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-0842 is a denial of service vulnerability in the Backuply WordPress plugin due to direct access to the backuply/restore_ins.php file without authentication. Attackers can send excessive requests to this endpoint, exhausting server resources. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 1.2.6 and is classified under CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption). The CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.5, indicating high severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction, and impact limited to availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation results in denial of service by exhausting server resources, causing the affected WordPress site to become unavailable or unresponsive. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. No official fix or patch links are provided in the available data. Until a patch is available, consider restricting access to the backuply/restore_ins.php file via web server configuration or firewall rules to prevent unauthenticated access and excessive requests.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2024-01-23T21:23:03.677Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6de6b7ef31ef0b5905d5
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:47:18 PM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 6:56:27 PM
Last updated: 4/12/2026, 4:16:22 AM
Views: 13
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