Bei Fen Plugin up to 1.4.2/7.1 on WordPress task file inclusion

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Bei Fen Plugin up to 1.4.2/7.1 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation of the argument task results in file inclusion. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-9993. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in Bei Fen Plugin up to 1.4.2/7.1 on WordPress. It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation of the argument task with an unknown input leads to a file inclusion vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-73. The product allows user input to control or influence paths or file names that are used in filesystem operations. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Bei Fen – WordPress Backup Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.2 via the 'task'. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to include and execute arbitrary .php files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where .php file types can be uploaded and included. This only affects instances running PHP 7.1 or older.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-9993. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/30/2025).

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-2025-31692). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Bei Fen Plugin

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• 1.4.0
• 1.4.1
• 1.4.2
• 7.0
• 7.1

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