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CVE-2025-10306: Backup Bolt <= 1.4.1 - Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Download

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-10-03 · updated 2026-10-12
• Weakness: CWE-73

Description

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.

Affected products

• Backup Bolt: through 1.4.1

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3373151%40backup-bolt&new=3373151%40backup-bolt&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/backup-bolt/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/63f38644-a021-407a-9882-2c8435849c08?source=cve

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