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TI-2025-04848 Aliases CVE-2025-5396GHSA-mr9j-vgmq-cxhq

Bears Backup <= 2.0.0 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution

Priority MEDIUM 51CWE-94Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00879 59th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
BearsthemesBears Backupup to 2.0.0—No fix listedCNA
  • Bears Backup VendorBearsthemes Affected up to 2.0.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-5396
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mr9j-vgmq-cxhq

References

Other 2

  • TI-2025-04846 Missing authorization in Bearsthemes Alone – Charity Multipurpose Non-profit WordPress… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-09787 Missing authorization in Bearsthemes Goza - Nonprofit Charity WordPress Theme CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-04845 Alone – Charity Multipurpose Non-profit WordPress Theme <= 7.8.5 - Missing Authorization… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2026-01024 Worry Proof Backup <= 0.2.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Path Traversal via Backup Upload CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2025-09306 Goza - Nonprofit Charity WordPress Theme <= 3.2.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2023-17866 WordPress Sermon'e – Sermons Online Plugin <= 1.0.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5

Sources

This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Sources and licences