Description

The Simple WP Events plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the wpe_delete_file AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.17. 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).

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-2004

CVSS Base Severity: CRITICAL

CVSS Base Score: 9.1

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

Affected Products

Vendor: wpminds

Product: Simple WP Events

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.34% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 55.74% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-18 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2004
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/abdca93e-f68d-4a96-8bd7-443ee46ccb5a?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-wp-events/trunk/admin/includes/wp-events-export-events.php#L399

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