CVE-2025-5014 Home Villas | Real Estate WordPress Theme <= 2.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion
Authenticated attackers can delete arbitrary files via path traversal, potentially leading to remote 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-2025-5014?
CVE-2025-5014 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Chimp Group Home Villas | Real Estate WordPress Theme, published on 2 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Home Villas | Real Estate WordPress Theme theme for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the 'wp_rem_cs_widget_file_delete' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, 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).
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5014?
How do I fix CVE-2025-5014?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5014 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-5014 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-5014 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x2c6-wc2f-wx6w.