CVE-2019-25224

WP Database Backup < 5.2 - Unauthenticated OS Command Injection

criticalImproper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

9.8

CVSS Score

9.8

CVSS Score

critical

Severity

5.2

Patched in

2284d

Time to patch

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

High

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<5.2

PublishedApril 24, 2019

Last updatedJuly 25, 2025

Affected pluginwp-database-backup

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d21cf285-9d75-43a2-9e81-67116f0bf896?source=api-prod

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