# CVE-2025-15041: BackWPup <= 5.6.2 - Authenticated (BackWPup Helper+) Privilege Escalation via Arbitrary Options Update

> Authenticated attackers can escalate privileges to administrator by updating arbitrary site options due to missing capability checks.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Feb 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pgvj-v9hv-3j6x

## What is CVE-2025-15041?

CVE-2025-15041 is a high-severity vulnerability in wp_media BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin, published on 19 Feb 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the save_site_option() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-15041?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-15041?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-15041 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-15041 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-15041 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-15041 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-15041 is a high-severity vulnerability in wp_media BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin, published on 19 Feb 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-15041 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: wp_media BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-15041/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-15041/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-15041
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15041
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-15041

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-15041/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.