Auth bypass in Everestthemes Everest Backup – Wordpress Cloud Backup, Migration, Restore & Cloning Plugin

CVE-2025-11380

The Everest Backup – WordPress Cloud Backup, Migration, Restore & Cloning Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the 'everest_process_status' AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve back-up file locations that can be subsequently accessed and downloaded. This does require a back-up to be running in order for an attacker to retrieve the back-up location.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.004 (30.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-11380?
CVE-2025-11380 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Everestthemes Everest Backup – Wordpress Cloud Backup, Migration, Restore & Cloning Plugin, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2025-10-11.
How severe is CVE-2025-11380?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-11380 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.