Backup Migration <= 1.4.9 - Information Exposure to Unauthenticated Back-up Download

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2025-12394
CVSS High (7.5)
Publicly Published November 3, 2025
Last Updated December 1, 2025
Researcher ymmfty0
Description

The Backup Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.9 via an exposed log file containing paths to backups. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including files like wp-config.php.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug backup-backup (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.4.9
Patched Version
  • 2.0.0
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