SB2025012424 - Cross-site scripting in UpdraftPlus - Backup/Restore plugin for WordPress

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.

1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-0215)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "showdata" and "initiate_restore" parameters. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/updraftplus/tags/1.24.12/includes/updraft-admin-common.js#L4404
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/updraftplus/tags/1.24.12/includes/updraft-admin-common.js#L4439
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/af568eea-59ce-467e-ba03-625d04d3db6e?source=cve