Arbitrary file upload in Wpvividplugins Wpvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging
CVE-2026-1357
The Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid Backup & Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload in versions up to and including 0.9.123. This is due to improper error handling in the RSA decryption process combined with a lack of path sanitization when writing uploaded files. When the plugin fails to decrypt a session key using openssl_private_decrypt(), it does not terminate execution and instead passes the boolean false value to the phpseclib library's AES cipher initialization. The library treats this false value as a string of null bytes, allowing an attacker to encrypt a malicious payload using a predictable null-byte key. Additionally, the plugin accepts filenames from the decrypted payload without sanitization, enabling directory traversal to escape the protected backup directory. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary PHP files to publicly accessible directories and achieve Remote Code Execution via the wpvivid_action=send_to_site parameter.
Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload
EPSS: 0.327 (98.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Wpvividplugins Wpvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-1357?
- CVE-2026-1357 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Wpvividplugins Wpvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-02-11.
- How severe is CVE-2026-1357?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2026-1357 known to be exploited?
- 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.