CVE-2025-3422 Everest Forms <= 3.1.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary shortcodes in Everest Forms due to improper validation, potentially leading to code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-3422?
CVE-2025-3422 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in wpeverest Everest Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form, Quiz, Survey & Custom Form Builder, published on 11 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The The Everest Forms – Contact Form, Quiz, Survey, Newsletter & Payment Form Builder for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.1. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary shortcodes.
Weakness: CWE-94
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-3422?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpeverest Everest Forms.
How do I fix CVE-2025-3422?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-3422 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2025-3422 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-3422 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in wpeverest Everest Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form, Quiz, Survey & Custom Form Builder
- CVE-2025-3439 Deserialization in Everest Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form, Quiz, Survey & Custom Form Builder
- CVE-2025-1128 Everest Forms <= 3.0.9.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload, Read, and Deletion
- CVE-2019-13575 SQL injection in n/a
- CVE-2025-5927 Everest Forms (Pro) <= 1.9.4 - Unauthenticated Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Deletion
- CVE-2024-1812 Everest Forms <= 2.0.7 - Unauthenticated Server-Side Request Forgery via font_url
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7rrr-jvfx-w2gc.