CVE-2025-12656
Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid Backup & Migration <= 0.9.128 - Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary Directory Deletion
The Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid Backup & Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary directory deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the delete_cancel_staging_site() function in all versions up to, and including, 0.9.128. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to delete arbitrary folders on the server, which leads to a loss of data.
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
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
3.8
Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid Backup & Migration <= 0.9.128 - Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary Directory Deletion
The Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid Backup & Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary directory deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the delete_cancel_staging_site() function in all versions up to, and including, 0.9.128. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to delete arbitrary folders on the server, which leads to a loss of data.
- Record
CVE-2025-12656- CVSS 3.1
- 3.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-73
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-210080
3.8
The Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid Backup & Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary directory deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the delete_cancel_staging_site() function in all versions up to, and including, 0.9.128. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to delete arbitrary folders on the server, which leads to a loss of data.
- Record
EUVD-2025-210080- CVSS 3.1
- 3.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vf58-f3g2-9cv9
3.8
The Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid Backup & Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to...
The Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid Backup & Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary directory deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the delete_cancel_staging_site() function in all versions up to, and including, 0.9.128. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to delete arbitrary folders on the server, which leads to a loss of data.
- Record
GHSA-vf58-f3g2-9cv9- CVSS 3.1
- 3.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-73
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
3.8
The Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid Backup & Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary directory deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the delete_cancel_staging_site() function in all versions up to, and including, 0.9.128. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to delete arbitrary folders on the server, which leads to a loss of data.
- Record
CVE-2025-12656- CVSS 3.1
- 3.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - 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-2025-12656 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.8) in Wpvividplugins Wpvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging, published June 5, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.39%, the 33rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2f5962e5-3dc7-4f93-889c-d5e3530c7dba?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpvivid-backuprestore/tags/0.9.120/includes/staging/class-wpvivid-staging.php
wordpress.org/plugins/wpvivid-backuprestore
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3556022%40wpvivid-backuprestore&new=3556022%40wpvivid-backuprestore&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12656
github.com/advisories/GHSA-vf58-f3g2-9cv9