CVE-2025-10579

MEDIUM EPSS 16.7%
Published Oct 25, 20258mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.3 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Oct 25, 2025 8mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

The BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the 'backwpup_working' AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve access to a back-up's filename while a backup is running. This information has little value on it's own, but could be used to aid in a brute force attack to retrieve back-up contents in limited environments (i.e. NGINX).

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.3
Exploitability
1.6
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity None
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
16.7% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-862 Missing Authorization Authorization

References 3

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3381187%40backwpup%2Ftrunk&old=3362645%40backwpup%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file23
  • research.cleantalk.org https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-10579
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1e9a1484-2000-47fa-9890-fa02eddabcd9?source=cve

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.