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CVE-2025-12654: Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid Backup & Migration <= 0.9.120 - Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary Directory Creation

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-12-21 · updated 2026-10-19
• Weakness: CWE-73

Description

The Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid Backup & Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary directory creation in all versions up to, and including, 0.9.120. This is due to the check_filesystem_permissions() function not properly restricting the directories that can be created, or in what location. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to create arbitrary directories.

Affected products

• wpvividplugins WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging: through 0.9.120

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpvivid-backuprestore/tags/0.9.120/includes/staging/class-wpvivid-staging.php#L1535
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpvivid-backuprestore/tags/0.9.120/includes/staging/class-wpvivid-staging.php#L1568
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpvivid-backuprestore/tags/0.9.120/includes/staging/class-wpvivid-staging.php#L1571
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3397673%40wpvivid-backuprestore&new=3397673%40wpvivid-backuprestore&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpvivid-backuprestore/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/662aa8dd-69b7-49e3-811c-04329544e106?source=cve

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