CVE-2025-5961

Description

The Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid Backup & Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the 'wpvivid_upload_import_files' function in all versions up to, and including, 0.9.116. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible. NOTE: Uploaded files are only accessible on WordPress instances running on the NGINX web server as the existing .htaccess within the target file upload folder prevents access on Apache servers.

Reserved 2025-06-10 | Published 2025-07-03 | Updated 2025-07-03 | Assigner Wordfence

Problem types

CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Product status

Default status
unaffected

*
affected

Timeline

2025-07-03:

Disclosed

Credits

Ryan Kozak finder

References

www.wordfence.com/...-9354-4ed3-9a8f-45ba2057a810?source=cve

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...lass-wpvivid-export-import.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...lass-wpvivid-export-import.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...lass-wpvivid-export-import.php

github.com/d0n601/CVE-2025-5961

ryankozak.com/posts/cve-2025-5961/

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3320877/

cve.org (CVE-2025-5961)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-5961)

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