CVE-2025-9993
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Bei Fen – WordPress Backup Plugin for WordPress contains a Local File Inclusion vulnerability (CVE-2025-9993) affecting all versions up to and including 1.4.2. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Wordfence on September 30, 2025 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability exists in the 'task' parameter which allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher to include and execute arbitrary .php files on the server. This vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.1 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-98 (Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program) (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows attackers to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where .php file types can be uploaded and included. This vulnerability only affects instances running PHP 7.1 or older (NVD).

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