CVE-2013-2742: Ithemes Backupbuddy

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

importbuddy.php in the BackupBuddy plugin 1.3.4, 2.1.4, 2.2.25, 2.2.28, and 2.2.4 for WordPress does not reliably delete itself after completing a restore operation, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via subsequent requests to this script.

Affected products

• Ithemes Backupbuddy: version 1.3.4 only; version 2.1.4 only; version 2.2.4 only; version 2.2.25 only; version 2.2.28 only

Published 2013-04-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.