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CVE-2026-5096: Everest Forms <= 3.4.4 - Unauthenticated Server-Side Request Forgery via Upload Field 'Previous Value'

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-08-28 · updated 2026-08-28
• Weakness: CWE-918

Description

The Everest Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.4. This is due to the `load_previous_field_value()` method in `class-evf-form-task.php` accepting arbitrary URL values from `$_POST` data for upload fields without domain restriction, which are then passed to `wp_remote_head()` in the `get_local_file_size()` method of `class-evf-form-fields-upload.php`. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to force the WordPress server to make outbound HTTP HEAD requests to arbitrary URLs by submitting a form with an upload field containing a malicious URL while leaving a required field empty to trigger form re-rendering.

Affected products

• wpeverest Everest Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form, Quiz, Survey & Custom Form Builder with AI: through 3.4.4

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/everest-forms/trunk/includes/abstracts/class-evf-form-fields-upload.php#L1196
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/everest-forms/trunk/includes/class-evf-form-task.php#L1448
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3507814/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c5bbf7ed-c154-4153-adbf-59f0f7aa3a18?source=cve

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