CVE-2025-26779 WordPress Keep Backup Daily plugin <= 2.1.0 - Arbitrary File Download vulnerability
Attackers can exploit a path traversal flaw in the Keep Backup Daily WordPress plugin to download arbitrary files from the server.
- 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-2025-26779?
CVE-2025-26779 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Fahad Mahmood Keep Backup Daily, published on 16 Feb 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Fahad Mahmood Keep Backup Daily keep-backup-daily allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Keep Backup Daily: from n/a through <= 2.1.0.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-26779?
How do I fix CVE-2025-26779?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-26779 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-2025-26779 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-26779 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mcfj-f39v-7ppx.