CVE-2025-49040
WordPress Backup Bolt plugin <= 1.5.0 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Backup Bolt Backup Bolt backup-bolt allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Backup Bolt: from n/a through <= 1.5.0.
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
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
4.3
WordPress Backup Bolt plugin <= 1.5.0 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Backup Bolt Backup Bolt backup-bolt allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Backup Bolt: from n/a through <= 1.5.0.
- Record
CVE-2025-49040- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-25879
4.3
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Backup Bolt Backup Bolt backup-bolt allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Backup Bolt: from n/a through <= 1.5.0.
- Record
EUVD-2025-25879- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c2w2-9r9f-q44q
4.3
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Backup Bolt allows Cross Site Request Forgery...
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Backup Bolt allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Backup Bolt: from n/a through 1.4.1.
- Record
GHSA-c2w2-9r9f-q44q- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
4.3
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Backup Bolt Backup Bolt backup-bolt allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Backup Bolt: from n/a through <= 1.5.0.
- Record
CVE-2025-49040- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- 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-2025-49040 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Backup Bolt Bolt, published August 27, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.13%, the 2nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/backup-bolt/vulnerability/wordpress-backup-bolt-plugin-1-4-1-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49040
patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/backup-bolt/vulnerability/wordpress-backup-bolt-plugin-1-4-1-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-c2w2-9r9f-q44q