CVE-2025-10304 Missing authorization in Everest Backup – WordPress Cloud Backup, Migration, Restore & Cloning Plugin
Unauthenticated attackers can delete backup progress files, causing ongoing backups to fail due to missing capability checks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-10304?
CVE-2025-10304 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in everestthemes Everest Backup – WordPress Cloud Backup, Migration, Restore & Cloning Plugin, published on 3 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Everest Backup – WordPress Cloud Backup, Migration, Restore & Cloning Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the process_status_unlink() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.8. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete the back-up progress files and cause a back-up to fail while it is in progress.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-10304?
How do I fix CVE-2025-10304?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-10304 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-10304 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-10304 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v5fw-6vxq-8m9q.