CVE-2025-12654 Path traversal in WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging
Authenticated administrators can create arbitrary directories due to insufficient path restrictions in the WPvivid Backup plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-12654?
CVE-2025-12654 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in wpvividplugins WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging, published on 21 Dec 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Migration, Backup, Staging – WPvivid Backup & Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary directory creation in all versions up to, and including, 0.9.120. This is due to the check_filesystem_permissions() function not properly restricting the directories that can be created, or in what location. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to create arbitrary directories.
Weakness: CWE-73
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12654?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12654?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12654 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-12654 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12654 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5vq3-62fq-x6vj.