CVE-2025-5396 is a critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting all versions up to and including 2.0.0 of the Bears Backup plugin for WordPress. The flaw stems from a lack of capability checks and input validation in the bbackup_ajax_handle() function, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on the server. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 11 mentions, indicating high awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bearsthemes | Bears Backup | >= 0, <= 2.0.0CNA affecteddefault unaffected |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.