Vulnerabilities and security researches forcyan-backup cyan-backup

Dec 11, 2025

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2025-12092
Home page URL: Security reports for CYAN Backup
Application: CYAN Backup
Date: Nov 08, 2025
Research Description: The CYAN Backup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the 'delete' functionality in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php).
Affected versions: max 2.5.5.
Status: vulnerable

May 19, 2025

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2024-9662
Home page URL: Security reports for CYAN Backup
Application: CYAN Backup
Date: May 16, 2025
Research Description: The CYAN Backup WordPress plugin before 2.5.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Affected versions: max 2.5.3.
Status: vulnerable

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2024-9663
Home page URL: Security reports for CYAN Backup
Application: CYAN Backup
Date: May 16, 2025
Research Description: The CYAN Backup WordPress plugin before 2.5.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Affected versions: max 2.5.3.
Status: vulnerable

Nov 15, 2024

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2024-52390
Home page URL: Security reports for CYAN Backup
Application: CYAN Backup
Date: Nov 19, 2024
Research Description: : Path Traversal: '.../...//' vulnerability in CYAN Backup allows Path Traversal.This issue affects CYAN Backup: from n/a through 2.5.3.
Affected versions: max 2.5.4.
Status: vulnerable