Everest Forms (Pro) <= 1.9.4 — Unauthenticated Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Deletion
CVE-2025-5927Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.9.4Update to 1.9.5 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.5
- CVSS
- 7.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:HAttack complexity- High
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:RUser interaction- Required
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-36 Absolute Path Traversal
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Everest Forms Pro everest-forms-pro
- Affected≤ 1.9.4
- Patched in1.9.5
Update to 1.9.5 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.9.4. Version 1.9.5 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Everest Forms Pro.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 1.9.5, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Everest Forms Pro to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Phat RiO.
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.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Everest Forms Pro
All 4| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Calculation Field ≤1.9.12Update to 1.9.13 | CVE-2026-3300 | |
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤1.9.12Update to 1.9.13 | CVE-2026-27070 | |
| Medium5.6 | Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection via PHAR Deserialization in Form Signature ≤1.9.7Update to 1.9.8 | CVE-2025-8871 |
- Critical9.8Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Calculation Field
≤1.9.12Update to 1.9.13
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤1.9.12Update to 1.9.13
- Medium5.6Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection via PHAR Deserialization in Form Signature
≤1.9.7Update to 1.9.8
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- CVSS / CWE
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