---
id: CVE-2025-11380
title: >-
  The Everest Backup – WordPress Cloud Backup, Migration, Restore & Cloning
  Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due
  to a missing capability check on the 'everest_process_status' AJAX action in
  all versi…
summary: >-
  The Everest Backup – WordPress Cloud Backup, Migration, Restore & Cloning
  Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due
  to a missing capability check on the 'everest_process_status' AJAX action in
  all versi…
severity: medium
cvss: 5.9
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-862
published: '2025-10-11'
updated: '2026-10-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-08T13:10:00.200'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11380'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3374193%40everest-backup&new=3374193%40everest-backup&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/869d7cab-cf21-4168-b45d-1681c76d896c?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - exploit-available
epss: 0.00401
epssPercentile: 0.32202
exploits:
  github: 1
  githubRepos:
    - 'https://github.com/fleetcaptain/everest-backup-cve-2025-11380'
  checkedAt: '2026-10-08T13:43:30.347Z'
exploitAvailable: true
ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T13:42:55.093Z'
---

## Overview

The Everest Backup – WordPress Cloud Backup, Migration, Restore & Cloning Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the 'everest_process_status' AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve back-up file locations that can be subsequently accessed and downloaded. This does require a back-up to be running in order for an attacker to retrieve the back-up location.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.