WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging: Arbitrary file deletion
WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging is affected by arbitrary file deletion. Exploitation requires an authenticated administrator account. A successful request can remove files outside the intended scope and may make the site unavailable. The published affected range is <= 0.9.128.
- Component
- WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging
- Plugin slug
wpvivid-backuprestore- Affected
- <= 0.9.128
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jun 06, 2026
This CVE was published Jun 06, 2026 and is one of 19 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
This archive could not verify a fixed version from the official author release notes reviewed on 2026-10-13. Disable the affected feature or component where practical until remediation for the deployed configuration is established. Official author release notes: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpvivid-backuprestore/.
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.
Technical description
The Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid Backup & Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary directory deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the delete_cancel_staging_site() function in all versions up to, and including, 0.9.128. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to delete arbitrary folders on the server, which leads to a loss of data.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Primary and upstream sources
- NVD record for CVE-2025-12656
- WordPress upstream reference plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- WordPress upstream reference plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- WordPress upstream reference plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- WordPress upstream reference plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- WordPress.org plugin page wordpress.org
- Wordfence advisory wordfence.com