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CVE-2025-5396

CRITICAL 9.8

Bears Backup <= 2.0.0 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution

CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The Bears Backup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. This is due to the bbackup_ajax_handle() function not having a capability check, nor validating user supplied input passed directly to call_user_func(). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute code on the server which can be leverage to inject backdoors or create new administrative user accounts to name a few things. On WordPress sites running the Alone theme versions 7.8.4 and older, this can be chained with CVE-2025-5394 to install the Bears Backup plugin and achieve the same impact.

CWE CWE-94
Vendor bearsthemes
Product bears backup
Published Jul 17, 2025
Last Updated Apr 8, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

Bearsthemes / Bears Backup
0 ≤ 2.0.0

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/81b44abb-6d30-4930-b68b-9a04d93f5169?source=cve themeforest.net: https://themeforest.net/item/alone-charity-multipurpose-nonprofit-wordpress-theme/15019939

Credits

Trương Hữu Phúc (truonghuuphuc)