High severity7.2NVD Advisory· Published Mar 26, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2025-2257
CVE-2025-2257
Description
The Total Upkeep – WordPress Backup Plugin plus Restore & Migrate by BoldGrid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.16.10 via the compression_level setting. This is due to the plugin using the compression_level setting in proc_open() without any validation. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to execute code on the server.
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Affected products
5- Range: <=1.16.10
<=1.16.10+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <=1.16.10
- (no CPE)
- boldgrid/Total Upkeep – WordPress Backup Plugin plus Restore & Migrate by BoldGridv5Range: 0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- github.com/BoldGrid/boldgrid-backup/pull/622/filesnvdPatch
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvdPatch
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1ec3cc3e-c11b-43b6-9dd0-caa5ccfb90c8nvdThird Party Advisory
- plugins.svn.wordpress.org/boldgrid-backup/tags/1.16.7/admin/compressor/class-boldgrid-backup-admin-compressor-system-zip.phpnvdRelease Notes
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