Description

The Everest Forms – Contact Forms, Quiz, Survey, Newsletter & Payment Form Builder for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file upload, read, and deletion due to missing file type and path validation in the 'format' method of the EVF_Form_Fields_Upload class in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.9.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload, read, and delete arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution, sensitive information disclosure, or a site takeover possible.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-1128

CVSS Base Severity: CRITICAL

CVSS Base Score: 9.8

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor: wpeverest

Product: Everest Forms – Contact Forms, Quiz, Survey, Newsletter & Payment Form Builder for WordPress

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.7% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 69.45% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-26 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1128
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8c04d8c9-acad-4832-aa8a-8372c58a0387?source=cve
https://github.com/wpeverest/everest-forms/commit/7d37858d2c614aa107b0f495fe50819a3867e7f5
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3237831/everest-forms/trunk/includes/abstracts/class-evf-form-fields-upload.php#file0
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3243663/everest-forms#file7
https://github.com/wpeverest/everest-forms/pull/1406/files

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