CVE-2025-10306
Backup Bolt <= 1.4.1 - Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Download
The Backup Bolt plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file downloads and backup location writes in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.1 via the process_backup_batch() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to download directories outside of the webroot and write backup zip files to arbitrary locations.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Backup Bolt <= 1.4.1 - Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Download
The Backup Bolt plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file downloads and backup location writes in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.1 via the process_backup_batch() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to download directories outside of the webroot and write backup zip files to arbitrary locations.
- Record
CVE-2025-10306- CVSS 3.1
- 3.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-73
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-32544
The Backup Bolt plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file downloads and backup location writes in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.1 via the process_backup_batch() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to download directories outside of the webroot and write backup zip files to arbitrary locations.
- Record
EUVD-2025-32544- CVSS 3.1
- 3.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jf45-qjm9-j9p9
The Backup Bolt plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file downloads and backup...
The Backup Bolt plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file downloads and backup location writes in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.1 via the process_backup_batch() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to download directories outside of the webroot and write backup zip files to arbitrary locations.
- Record
GHSA-jf45-qjm9-j9p9- CVSS 3.1
- 3.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-73
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The Backup Bolt plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file downloads and backup location writes in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.1 via the process_backup_batch() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to download directories outside of the webroot and write backup zip files to arbitrary locations.
- Record
CVE-2025-10306- CVSS 3.1
- 3.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-73
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-10306 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.8) in Backupbolt Backup Bolt, published October 3, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.31%, the 24th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/63f38644-a021-407a-9882-2c8435849c08?source=cve
wordpress.org/plugins/backup-bolt
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3373151%40backup-bolt&new=3373151%40backup-bolt&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-10306
github.com/advisories/GHSA-jf45-qjm9-j9p9