CVE-2025-5014: Home Villas | Real Estate WordPress Theme <= 2.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion
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).
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2025-5014
CVSS Base Severity: HIGH
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products
Vendor: Chimp Group
Product: Home Villas | Real Estate WordPress Theme
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.29% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 52.09% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-07-04 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5014https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/afd4f2ca-9c27-4de0-ac82-3cd107b6a092?source=cve
http://localhost:1337/wp-content/themes/homevillas-real-estate/include/backend/cs-widgets/import/cs-class-widget-data.php#L384