CVE-2025-60210
Published: 22 October 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-60210 is a critical-severity Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502) vulnerability in Wpeverest Everest Forms Frontend Listing. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 26.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 RA-5 (Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-60210 is a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability (CWE-502) in the wpeverest Everest Forms - Frontend Listing WordPress plugin, specifically the everest-forms-frontend-listing component. This issue enables Object Injection and affects all versions from n/a through 1.0.5 inclusive.
With a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), the vulnerability can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers remotely over the network. Exploitation requires low complexity and no user interaction, potentially allowing attackers to achieve high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability through malicious object injection.
Patchstack has published details on this vulnerability, including mitigation guidance, available at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/everest-forms-frontend-listing/vulnerability/wordpress-everest-forms-frontend-listing-plugin-1-0-5-php-object-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-35416
Vulnerability details
Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in wpeverest Everest Forms - Frontend Listing everest-forms-frontend-listing allows Object Injection.This issue affects Everest Forms - Frontend Listing: from n/a through <= 1.0.5.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502) in a public-facing WordPress plugin enables unauthenticated remote object injection with high-impact RCE potential, directly facilitating T1190: Exploit Public-Facing Application.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly mandates timely remediation of the specific deserialization vulnerability in the Everest Forms plugin through patching or flaw correction.
Requires validation and filtering of untrusted data inputs to block malicious object injection during deserialization.
Facilitates identification of this CVE via periodic vulnerability scanning of WordPress plugins and components.