Everest Forms <= 3.6.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion via 'everest_forms_{form_id}_old_{field_id}' Parameter
- Exploited
- No known exploitation
- Fix
- No fix listed
- Who is exposed
- Not reported
- Last modified
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- Reference
- Last checked
- FIRST's estimate of the chance attackers exploit it in the next 30 days, updated daily.What do these mean? →
- 0.48% · 41st percentile
- A 0-100 score for how much a CVE matters across the industry: exploitation, exposure, how widely the software is used, severity and whether a fix exists.What do these mean? →
- 30/100 · provisional
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
Everest Forms, a WordPress form-builder plugin, has an unauthenticated arbitrary file deletion flaw that can be reached remotely without logging in. An attacker can delete files in the wp-content/uploads directory, which may cause loss of uploaded content, and this only applies when the Save-and-Continue addon is active and the "Disable storing entry information" setting is enabled on the target form.
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Read the original description
The Everest Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form, Quiz, Survey & Custom Form Builder with AI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the remove_csv_file_after_email_send function in all versions up to, and including, 3.6.2 This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete files within the wp-content/uploads directory on the server, which can lead to loss of uploaded content. On hardened Apache configurations, deletion of uploads/.htaccess can re-enable PHP execution inside the uploads directory. This attack is only possible when the Save-and-Continue addon is active (EVF_SAVE_AND_CONTINUE_VERSION is defined) and the 'Disable storing entry information' setting is enabled on the target form. Escaping the uploads directory and deleting files in the site root can be possible under rare circumstances.
cve.now Index
- Exploitation?/40Unknown. No CISA SSVC exploitation rating yet
- Exposure17/25No login or user action needed per the CVSS vector, reachable over the network without a login · Unknown: No advisory context yet
- Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
- Severity8.2/10CVSS 8.2
- No patch5/5No patch listed yet
What would change the score
- Would score about 75 if added to CISA KEV
- Would score about 70 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
- Would score about 35 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed
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What cve.now has for CVE-2026-120513 (entry last updated 2026-11-10):
Affected:
- wpeverest Everest Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form, Quiz, Survey & Custom Form Builder with AI: through 3.6.2
Fixed versions: none listed yet.
Setup: unknown whether the bug needs a non-default feature or setting. Check the advisory.
CISA KEV: CVE-2026-120513 is not listed as of cve.now's last read.
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- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0d61468b-8fda-4775-8099-a34ddf34566b?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/everest-forms/tags/3.6.2/includes/abstracts/class-evf-form-fields-upload.php#L1680
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/everest-forms/tags/3.6.2/includes/class-evf-form-task.php#L594
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/everest-forms/tags/3.6.2/includes/abstracts/class-evf-form-fields-upload.php#L1396
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/everest-forms/tags/3.6.2/includes/class-evf-ajax.php#L681
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3747723/everest-forms/trunk/includes/abstracts/class-evf-form-fields-upload.php
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Entry: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-120513
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- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
Affected versions
- wpeverest Everest Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form, Quiz, Survey & Custom Form Builder with AI
through 3.6.2
Evidence 8
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Corrections
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Questions about CVE-2026-120513
Is CVE-2026-120513 being exploited?
It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-120513?
Everest Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form, Quiz, Survey & Custom Form Builder with AI: through 3.6.2.Source: cve.now feed data