Simple WP Events, CVE-2025-2004

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2025-2004
Home page URL: Security reports for Simple WP Events
Application: Simple WP Events
Published on: Apr 08, 2025
Research 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).
Affected versions: Min -, max 1.8.17.
Status: vulnerable