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 5.0.0 to 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.
CVE-2025-15041 is a high severity with CVSS 7.2 Privilege Escalation issue affecting the Plugin BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin. It affects 5.0.0 through 5.6.2 and is fixed in 5.6.3.
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CVE-2025-15041 is tracked for the Plugin BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin as high severity with CVSS 7.2. The affected range is 5.0.0 through 5.6.2. Update BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin to 5.6.3 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
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| Software Type | Plugin |
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| Software Slug |
backwpup
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2025-15041 |
| Patched Versions |
5.6.3
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| Affected Versions |
5.0.0 through 5.6.2
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These internal links group the same WordPress plugin by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
BackWPup <= 1.7.1 - Remote File Inclusion
BackWPup <= 4.0.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Directory Traversal
BackWPup <= 4.0.3 - Sensitive Information Exposure
BackWPup <= 3.4.1 - Unauthenticated Backup Download
BackWPup – WordPress Backup Plugin < 1.4.1 - Directory Traversal
BackWPup <= 5.6.6 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Local File Inclusion via 'block_name' Parameter
BackWPup <= 4.0.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Directory Traversal
BackWPup < 3.0.13 - Cross-Site Scripting
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