CVE-2025-2004
Published: 08 April 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-2004 is a critical-severity External Control of File Name or Path (CWE-73) vulnerability in Wordpress (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.1 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 26.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
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 flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-2004 with a CVSS score of 9.1 and classified under CWE-73, makes it possible for attackers to remove arbitrary files on the server and is noted as a duplicate of CVE-2025-32509.
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit the issue over the network without any user interaction or credentials. Successful exploitation allows deletion of sensitive files such as wp-config.php, which can readily result in remote code execution on the affected WordPress installation.
References from Wordfence and WordPress plugin Trac point to the vulnerable code in wp-events-export-events.php and a subsequent changeset addressing the path validation weakness, indicating that updating the plugin beyond version 1.8.17 is the primary mitigation step.
EPSS scores for this CVE have remained low overall, with a current value of 0.0073 after a modest peak of 0.0180. No information on active exploitation in the wild is provided.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-10089
Vulnerability details
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…
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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.
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Rejects externally supplied file or resource identifiers that fail validity checks.