All-in-One WP Migration and Backup Plugin up to 7.97 on WordPress Import cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in All-in-One WP Migration and Backup Plugin up to 7.97 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Import. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-8490. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability has been found in All-in-One WP Migration and Backup Plugin up to 7.97 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Import. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The All-in-One WP Migration and Backup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Import in all versions up to, and including, 7.97 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-8490. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-25952). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Backup Software

Name

• All-in-One WP Migration and Backup Plugin

Version

• 7.0
• 7.1
• 7.2
• 7.3
• 7.4
• 7.5
• 7.6
• 7.7
• 7.8
• 7.9
• 7.10
• 7.11
• 7.12
• 7.13
• 7.14
• 7.15
• 7.16
• 7.17
• 7.18
• 7.19
• 7.20
• 7.21
• 7.22
• 7.23
• 7.24
• 7.25
• 7.26
• 7.27
• 7.28
• 7.29
• 7.30
• 7.31
• 7.32
• 7.33
• 7.34
• 7.35
• 7.36
• 7.37
• 7.38
• 7.39
• 7.40
• 7.41
• 7.42
• 7.43
• 7.44
• 7.45
• 7.46
• 7.47
• 7.48
• 7.49
• 7.50
• 7.51
• 7.52
• 7.53
• 7.54
• 7.55
• 7.56
• 7.57
• 7.58
• 7.59
• 7.60
• 7.61
• 7.62
• 7.63
• 7.64
• 7.65
• 7.66
• 7.67
• 7.68
• 7.69
• 7.70
• 7.71
• 7.72
• 7.73
• 7.74
• 7.75
• 7.76
• 7.77
• 7.78
• 7.79
• 7.80
• 7.81
• 7.82
• 7.83
• 7.84
• 7.85
• 7.86
• 7.87
• 7.88
• 7.89
• 7.90
• 7.91
• 7.92
• 7.93
• 7.94
• 7.95
• 7.96
• 7.97

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