Fahad Mahmood Keep Backup Daily Plugin up to 2.1.0 on WordPress path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Fahad Mahmood Keep Backup Daily Plugin up to 2.1.0 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-26779. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Fahad Mahmood Keep Backup Daily Plugin up to 2.1.0 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Fahad Mahmood Keep Backup Daily allows Path Traversal. This issue affects Keep Backup Daily: from n/a through 2.1.0.

The weakness was published by Caesar Evan Santoso. The advisory is shared for download at patchstack.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-26779 since 02/14/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Remote: Yes

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: patchstack.com
Researcher: Caesar Evan Santoso
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-26779 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-26779
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-296000

Entryinfo

Created: 02/16/2025 23:40
Changes: 02/16/2025 23:40 (64)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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