Unauthorized Access Vulnerability in Everest Backup Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-10304

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Everest Backup – WordPress Cloud Backup, Migration, Restore & Cloning Plugin
Vendor
CVE Published:
3 December 2025

What is CVE-2025-10304?

The Everest Backup plugin for WordPress has a security flaw in its process_status_unlink() function, lacking a critical capability check. This issue allows unauthenticated users to delete backup progress files, potentially causing backups to fail during execution. Users of the plugin should take immediate action to secure their installations by updating to the latest version.

Affected Version(s)

Everest Backup – WordPress Cloud Backup, Migration, Restore & Cloning Plugin * <= 2.3.8

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Jonas Benjamin Friedli
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