CVEvulnerability
CVE-2019-25224
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2025-07-25
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78
Description
The WP Database Backup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to OS Command Injection in versions before 5.2 via the mysqldump function. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the host operating system.
Affected configurations
• wpseeds wp database backup (< 5.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness
References
- https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/06/os-command-injection-in-wp-database-backup.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153781/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2078035/wp-database-backup Patch
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/wp_db_backup_rce.rb Exploit
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/05/os-command-injection-vulnerability-patched-in-wp-database-backup-plugin/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d21cf285-9d75-43a2-9e81-67116f0bf896?source=cve Third Party Advisory