Medium severity · published Nov 5, 2025
CVE-2025-8871
Everest Forms (Pro) <= 1.9.7 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection via PHAR Deserialization in Form Signature
5.6
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Everest Forms (Pro) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.7 via deserialization of untrusted input in the mime_content_type() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject a PHP Object. This vulnerability may be exploited by unauthenticated attackers when a form is present on the site with a non-required signature form field along with an image upload field. 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. This vulnerability is only exploitable in PHP versions prior to 8.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 23% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EF
Everest Forms Pro · WPEverest
through 1.9.7 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8871
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8871
everestforms.net
https://everestforms.net/changelog/
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/11d45287-f875-4cc9-aaf6-47158fe32858?source=cve
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