CVE•Published 2024-02-09•Modified 2026-04-08•0 articles on news•7 live references•NVD data

CVE-2024-0842Softaculous · Backuply

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 46% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption CWE-834Excessive Iteration

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.

Timeline

Published 2024-02-09

Modified 2026-04-08

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC Sploitus trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common). Live host counts are a Premium feature.

Shodan · vuln tag

vuln:CVE-2024-0842

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · WP plugin path

http.html:"/wp-content/plugins/backuply/"

Matches any site loading the "backuply" plugin — doesn't rely on Shodan's vuln tag.

Shodan · product

product:"Softaculous Backuply"

All exposed Softaculous Backuply instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Backuply"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Backuply" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.