CVE-2025-4222 json
Database Toolset <= 1.8.4 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via Backup Files
published last yr. modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2025-13308
- cvss
- 5.9
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 41%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Database Toolset plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.4 via backup files stored in a publicly accessible location. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data from database backup files. An index file is present, so a brute force attack would need to be successful in order to compromise any data.
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- last yr.
Exploit prediction
0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Affected products
- neoslab Database Toolset
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
- Technology feeds
References
- wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fa452a9a-9e26-41a1-8dea-4bafaf735bee?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/database-toolset/trunk/admin/class-database-toolset-backup.php#L76
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/database-toolset/trunk/admin/class-database-toolset-admin.php#L247
- guyshavit.com /post/cve-2025-4222
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-4222
- NVD CVE-2025-4222
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