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TI-2025-13723 Aliases CVE-2025-15041GHSA-pgvj-v9hv-3j6x

BackWPup <= 5.6.2 - Authenticated (BackWPup Helper+) Privilege Escalation via Arbitrary Options Update

Priority LOW 34CWE-862Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
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-862.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00436 38th 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
No
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
WP MediaBackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Pluginup to 5.6.2—No fix listedCNA
  • BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin VendorWP Media Affected up to 5.6.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:inpsyde:backwpup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Inpsyde
  • cpe:2.3:a:inpsyde:backwpup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Inpsyde

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-15041
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pgvj-v9hv-3j6x

References

Other 3

  • TI-2024-03858 Search & Replace < 3.2.2 - Admin+ SQL injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2024-25993 WordPress Search & Replace plugin <= 3.2.2 - Deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-69868 Code injection in WordPress WP Rocket plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-05067 BackWPup <= 4.0.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Directory Traversal CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-05204 Cross-site scripting in WP Rocket CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2026-05464 BackWPup <= 5.6.6 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Local File Inclusion via 'block_name' Parameter CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
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Sources

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