Total Upkeep – WordPress Backup Plugin plus Restore & Migrate by BoldGrid <= 1.16.10 - Authenticated (Admin+) Command Injection

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CVE CVE-2025-2257
CVSS High (7.2)
Publicly Published March 25, 2025
Last Updated March 26, 2025
Researcher sterva
Description

The Total Upkeep – WordPress Backup Plugin plus Restore & Migrate by BoldGrid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.16.10 via the compression_level setting. This is due to the plugin using the compression_level setting in proc_open() without any validation. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to execute code on the server.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug boldgrid-backup (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.16.10
Patched Version
  • 1.17.0
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