What is CVE-2023-7201?

CVE-2023-7201 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Everestthemes Everest Backup, classified under CWE-434 UNRESTRICTED UPLOAD OF FILE WITH DANGEROUS TYPE. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-04-15.

How severe is CVE-2023-7201?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-7201 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Everestthemes Everest Backup

CVE-2023-7201

The Everest Backup WordPress plugin before 2.2.5 does not properly validate backup files to be uploaded, allowing high privilege users such as admin to upload arbitrary files on the server even when they should not be allowed to (for example in multisite setup)

Published 2024-04-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (49.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 49.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Everestthemes Everest Backup
Everest Backup — versions 0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/64ba4461-bbba-45eb-981f-bb5f2e5e56e1/ (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-7201?: CVE-2023-7201 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Everestthemes Everest Backup, classified under CWE-434 UNRESTRICTED UPLOAD OF FILE WITH DANGEROUS TYPE. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-04-15.
How severe is CVE-2023-7201?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-7201 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.