WordPress security changelog
LOW CVE-2025-12654 Deferred

Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid Backup & Migration: A security weakness

Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid Backup & Migration is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least administrator-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 2.7 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid Backup & Migration
Plugin slug
wpvivid-backuprestore
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Dec 21, 2025
Weakness
CWE-73 — External Control of File Name or Path

This CVE was published Dec 21, 2025 and is one of 12 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid Backup & Migration to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Source record

Technical 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.

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

References

Primary and upstream sources