Everest Backup – WordPress Cloud Backup, Migration, Restore & Cloning Plugin <= 2.3.8 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Backup Failure

2025-12-02 15:27

Jonas Benjamin Friedli

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.3.9

Affected PluginEverest Backup – WordPress Cloud Backup, Migration, Restore & Cloning Plugin

Affected Version<= 2.3.8

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2025-10304

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Vulnerability Overview

The Everest Backup – WordPress Cloud Backup, Migration, Restore & Cloning Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the process_status_unlink() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.8. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete the back-up progress files and cause a back-up to fail while it is in progress.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.3.9, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-10304 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f7d7c619-7dc0-47a5-a203-6df4dfa0158b

CVSS Vector

5.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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