CVE-2025-12092 (GCVE-0-2025-12092)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-11-08 09:28
Modified
2025-11-10 14:14
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Summary
The CYAN Backup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the 'delete' functionality in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php).
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gregross CYAN Backup Version: *   ≤ 2.5.4
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