CVE-2025-5927 Everest Forms (Pro) <= 1.9.4 - Unauthenticated Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Deletion
Unauthenticated attackers can delete arbitrary files via path traversal, potentially leading to remote code execution, requiring admin interaction to trigger.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-5927?
CVE-2025-5927 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in WPEverest Everest Forms Pro, published on 25 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-36
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5927?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpeverest Everest Forms.
How do I fix CVE-2025-5927?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5927 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-2025-5927 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-5927 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in WPEverest Everest Forms Pro
- 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-2024-1812 Everest Forms <= 2.0.7 - Unauthenticated Server-Side Request Forgery via font_url
- CVE-2025-26841 Cross-site scripting in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f2xr-9459-fvjc.