CVE-2025-5396

CRITICAL

Bears Backup < 2.0.0 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via bbackup_ajax_handle()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0073
EPSS Percentile 49.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-94
Status published
Products (1)
Bearsthemes/Bears Backup < 2.0.0
Published Jul 17, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026