PT-2025-12867 · WordPress · Total Upkeep

Dzmitry Sviatlichny · Published 2025-03-26 · Updated 2025-03-26 · CVE-2025-2257

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Total Upkeep – WordPress Backup Plugin plus Restore & Migrate by BoldGrid versions up to, and including, 1.16.10

Description The issue is related to the compression level setting in the plugin, which is used in proc open() without any validation. This allows authenticated attackers with administrator-level access and above to execute code on the server.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 1.16.10, consider disabling the compression level setting or restricting access to the plugin until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the compression level setting in the affected plugin.

Fix

RCE

OS Command Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-78

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-2257

Affected Products

Total Upkeep

References · 13

• https://github.com/BoldGrid/boldgrid-backup/pull/622/files · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2257 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3257988%40boldgrid-backup&new=3257988%40boldgrid-backup&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file9 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-2257 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1ec3cc3e-c11b-43b6-9dd0-caa5ccfb90c8?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/latest_high_impact_cve/2050 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/21161 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/boldgrid-backup/tags/1.16.7/admin/compressor/class-boldgrid-backup-admin-compressor-system-zip.php · Note
• https://t.me/cvetracker/19944 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1904817038280855578 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/vulns_space/status/1904835699850788947 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/116285 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/cybercronai/status/1904912161299722556 · Twitter Post