CVE-2025-4222: Database Toolset <= 1.8.4 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via Backup Files

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-05-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The Database Toolset plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.4 via backup files stored in a publicly accessible location. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data from database backup files. An index file is present, so a brute force attack would need to be successful in order to compromise any data.

Affected products

neoslab Database Toolset: through 1.8.4

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/database-toolset/trunk/admin/class-database-toolset-admin.php#L247
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/database-toolset/trunk/admin/class-database-toolset-backup.php#L76
https://www.guyshavit.com/post/cve-2025-4222
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fa452a9a-9e26-41a1-8dea-4bafaf735bee?source=cve

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