Vulnerability record
CVE-2026-120513
The short answer
CVE-2026-120513 affects wpeverest Everest Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form, Quiz, Survey & Custom Form Builder with AI and is rated high (CVSS 8.2). It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
What it is
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.
Weakness: CWE-22.
Severity
8.2 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
Exploited (CISA KEV)
Not listed
CISA lists confirmed exploitation only
EPSS, next 30 days
No score
FIRST scores CVEs within a day of publication
How it can be exploited
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- Low
Affected products
Everest Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form, Quiz, Survey & Custom Form Builder with AI. NVD's record lists the exact affected versions.
References
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/everest-forms/tags/3.6.2/includes/abstracts/class-evf-form-fields-upload.php#L1396
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/everest-forms/tags/3.6.2/includes/abstracts/class-evf-form-fields-upload.php#L1680
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/everest-forms/tags/3.6.2/includes/class-evf-ajax.php#L681
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/everest-forms/tags/3.6.2/includes/class-evf-form-task.php#L594
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3747723/everest-forms/trunk/includes/abstracts/class-evf-form-fields-upload.php
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0d61468b-8fda-4775-8099-a34ddf34566b?source=cve
Questions
Is CVE-2026-120513 being exploited?
It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as of 2026-11-10.
How do I fix CVE-2026-120513?
Follow the vendor advisory in the references below. NVD lists the affected versions under its configurations.
From NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS and OSV.dev, checked . Status on NVD: Deferred. The description is NVD's text, quoted as published.
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