CVE-2025-15041

HIGH EPSS 29.4%
Published Feb 19, 20264mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
7.2 CVSS 3.1
High
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Description

The BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the save_site_option() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.2
Exploitability
1.2
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required High
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
29.4% 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/browser/backwpup/tags/5.6.1/src/Jobs/API/Rest.php?marks=88,337,788-812#L88
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3443073%40backwpup&new=3443073%40backwpup&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2ab8f440-2910-41a3-8bbc-afb4cafd33b5?source=cve

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.