Simple WP Events <= 1.8.17 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion

External Control of File Name or Path
CVE CVE-2025-2004
CVSS Critical (9.1)
Publicly Published April 7, 2025
Last Updated May 23, 2025
Researcher khanhhnahk1
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). CVE-2025-32509 is a duplicate of this.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug simple-wp-events (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.8.17
Patched Version
  • 1.9.0
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