Missing authorization in wpeverest Everest Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form, Quiz…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Everest Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form, Quiz, Survey & Custom Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized email sending due to a missing capability check on the send_test_email() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to send test emails to arbitrary addresses from the server.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wpeverest | Everest Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form, Quiz, Survey & Custom Form Builder | up to 3.4.7 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Everest Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form, Quiz, Survey & Custom Form Builder Vendorwpeverest Affected up to 3.4.7 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-4888
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c5fm-9qvp-83r3
References
More wpeverest vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-00958 Everest Forms <= 3.0.9.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload, Read, and Deletion CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-02850 Everest Forms Pro <= 1.9.12 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Calculation Field CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-01188 User Registration & Membership <= 5.1.2 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Membership Registration CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-02262 User Registration & Membership < 4.1.3 - Authentication Bypass CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2025-02232 User Registration & Membership < 4.1.2- Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2022-03588 User Registration < 2.2.4.1 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Upload CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-4888 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-4888 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c5fm-9qvp-83r3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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