CVE-2021-25089
UpdraftPlus < 1.16.69 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
The UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin WordPress plugin before 1.16.69 does not sanitise and escape the updraft_restore parameter before outputting it back in the Restore page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin WordPress plugin before 1.16.69 does not sanitise and escape the updraft_restore parameter before outputting it back in the Restore page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Record
CVE-2021-25089- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
UpdraftPlus < 1.16.69 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
The UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin WordPress plugin before 1.16.69 does not sanitise and escape the updraft_restore parameter before outputting it back in the Restore page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Record
CVE-2021-25089- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-12001 No score
The UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin WordPress plugin before 1.16.69 does not sanitise and escape the updraft_restore parameter before outputting it back in the Restore page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Record
EUVD-2021-12001- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-crv9-ffq3-3qmh No score
The UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin WordPress plugin before 1.16.69 does not sanitise and...
The UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin WordPress plugin before 1.16.69 does not sanitise and escape the updraft_restore parameter before outputting it back in the Restore page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Record
GHSA-crv9-ffq3-3qmh- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-25089 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Unknown Updraftplus Wordpress Backup Plugin, published February 1, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.80%, the 56th percentile. No source names a fixed version.