What is CVE-2025-0215?

CVE-2025-0215 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Davidanderson Updraftplus: Wp Backup & Migration Plugin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2025-01-15.

How severe is CVE-2025-0215?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-0215 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Davidanderson Updraftplus: Wp Backup & Migration Plugin

CVE-2025-0215

The UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the showdata and initiate_restore parameters in all versions up to, and including, 1.24.12 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick an admin user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (28.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Davidanderson Updraftplus: Wp Backup & Migration Plugin — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

cyb3r-w0lf/nuclei-template-collection

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-0215?: CVE-2025-0215 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Davidanderson Updraftplus: Wp Backup & Migration Plugin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2025-01-15.
How severe is CVE-2025-0215?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-0215 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.