CVE-2025-5396
CRITICAL EPSS 49.7%
Published Jul 17, 202511mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
9.8 CVSS 3.1
Published Jul 17, 2025 11mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago
Description
The Bears Backup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. This is due to the bbackup_ajax_handle() function not having a capability check, nor validating user supplied input passed directly to call_user_func(). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute code on the server which can be leverage to inject backdoors or create new administrative user accounts to name a few things. On WordPress sites running the Alone theme versions 7.8.4 and older, this can be chained with CVE-2025-5394 to install the Bears Backup plugin and achieve the same impact.
CVSS Details
Base Score
Exploitability
Impact
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS Exploit Probability
49.7% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available
Weaknesses 1
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code (Code Injection) Injection
References 2
- themeforest.net https://themeforest.net/item/alone-charity-multipurpose-nonprofit-wordpress-theme/15019939
- wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/81b44abb-6d30-4930-b68b-9a04d93f5169?source=cve
Remediation
No remediation data recorded yet
Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.