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CVE-2025-5927: Everest Forms (Pro) <= 1.9.4 - Unauthenticated Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Deletion

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-06-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-36

Description

The Everest Forms (Pro) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the delete_entry_files() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers 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). The vulnerability requires an admin to trigger the deletion via deletion of a form entry and cannot be carried out by the attacker alone.

Affected products

• wpeverest Everest Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form, Quiz, Survey & Custom Form Builder: before 1.9.5 — fixed in 1.9.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: wpeverest Everest Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form, Quiz, Survey & Custom Form Builder 1.9.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://everestforms.net/changelog/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/everest-forms/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9e3a118f-4321-4579-a986-05ce077dc6b9?source=cve

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