Check Point Advisories

WordPress Migration Backup Staging Plugin Arbitrary File Upload (CVE-2025-5961)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2025-17052
Date Published: 30 Jun 2026
Severity: High
Last Updated: Tuesday 30 June, 2026
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2025-5961
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? WordPress Migration Backup Staging Plugin prior to 0.9.117
Vulnerability Description An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in WordPress Migration Backup Staging Plugin allows authenticated attackers with Administrator-level access to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server, potentially enabling remote code execution.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the WordPress Migration Backup Staging Plugin Arbitrary File Upload (CVE-2025-5961) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  WordPress Enforcement Protection.
Attack Information:  WordPress Migration Backup Staging Plugin Arbitrary File Upload (CVE-2025-5961)

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