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Everest Forms CVE-2025-3439

CRITICAL
Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502)
2025-04-11 security@wordfence.com
9.8
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A08:2025 - Software or Data Integrity Failures
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Safe deserialization, type allowlists
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Execution, Initial Access

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Impact

CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. EPSS exploitation probability: 4.48%.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code through malicious serialized objects by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Why: CRITICAL severity.
Patch available 4.5% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Mar 28, 2026

The Everest Forms - Contact Form, Quiz, Survey, Newsletter & Payment Form Builder for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.1. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code through malicious serialized objects.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Avoid deserializing untrusted data. Use safe serialization formats (JSON). Implement integrity checks and type allowlists.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

This vulnerability is classified as Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code through malicious serialized objects. The Everest Forms - Contact Form, Quiz, Survey, Newsletter & Payment Form Builder for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.1 via deserialization of untrusted input from the 'field_value' parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject a PHP Object. No known POP chain is present in the vulnerable software, which means this vulnerability has no impact unless another plugin or theme containing a POP chain is installed on the site. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it may allow the attacker to perform actions like delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code depending on the POP chain present. Affected products include: Wpeverest Everest Forms.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 9.8 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch released
Mar 28, 2026 - 18:36 nvd
Patch available
CVE Published
Apr 11, 2025 - 13:15 nvd
CRITICAL 9.8

DescriptionCVE.org

The Everest Forms - Contact Form, Quiz, Survey, Newsletter & Payment Form Builder for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.1 via deserialization of untrusted input from the 'field_value' parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject a PHP Object. No known POP chain is present in the vulnerable software, which means this vulnerability has no impact unless another plugin or theme containing a POP chain is installed on the site. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it may allow the attacker to perform actions like delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code depending on the POP chain present.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Organizations using for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all face critical risk from CVE-2025-3439, a insecure deserialization vulnerability rated CVSS 9.8. Insecure deserialization could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing crafted serialized data. A patch is available and should be applied immediately given the critical severity.

Business Impact: Severe
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch. If immediate patching is not feasible: (1) Restrict deserialization endpoints; (2) Implement integrity checks on serialized data; (3) Use type-safe alternatives.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
4.5%
Top 11% exploitable
Data Quality
3 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity CRITICAL
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 4.5%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
CRITICAL severity
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Out-of-Cycle
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
Yes
Human Impact
Very High

Priority Score

53
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: +4
CVSS: +49
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Insecure deserialization occurs when an application converts serialized data (a stream of bytes representing an object's state) back into a living object without proper validation.

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org

cpe:2.3:a:wpeverest:everest_forms:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
CVE-2026-11571 HIGH POC
7.5 Jul 09

Information disclosure in the Everest Forms WordPress plugin before 3.5.0 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to dow

CVE-2025-1128 CRITICAL
9.8 Feb 25

The Everest Forms - Contact Forms, Quiz, Survey, Newsletter & Payment Form Builder for WordPress plugin for WordPress is

CVE-2026-12270 MEDIUM POC
6.5 Jul 09

Unauthenticated remote attackers can completely bypass access controls on Everest Forms REST API endpoints in all plugin

CVE-2021-24907 MEDIUM POC
6.1 Dec 21

The Contact Form, Drag and Drop Form Builder for WordPress plugin before 1.8.0 does not escape the status parameter befo

CVE-2026-62103 CRITICAL
9.8 Sep 11

Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection affects the Everest Forms WordPress plugin (wpeverest) in all versions up to and in

CVE-2019-13575 CRITICAL
9.8 Jul 18

A SQL injection vulnerability exists in WPEverest Everest Forms plugin for WordPress through 1.4.9. Rated critical sever

CVE-2024-10471 MEDIUM POC
4.8 Nov 26

The Everest Forms WordPress plugin before 3.0.4.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow h

CVE-2025-5927 HIGH
7.5 Jun 25

The Everest Forms (Pro) WordPress plugin versions up to 1.9.4 contain an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in the de

CVE-2024-13125 LOW POC
3.5 Feb 13

The Everest Forms WordPress plugin before 3.0.8.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow h

CVE-2024-1812 HIGH
7.2 Apr 09

The Everest Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including

CVE-2026-94670 HIGH
7.1 Oct 07

Reflected cross-site scripting in the Everest Forms WordPress plugin through version 3.6.1 lets remote, unauthenticated

CVE-2025-3421 MEDIUM
6.1 Apr 11

The Everest Forms - Contact Form, Quiz, Survey, Newsletter & Payment Form Builder for WordPress plugin for WordPress is

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