WPMinds Simple WP Events Plugin up to 1.8.17 on WordPress wp-config.php wpe_delete_file denial of service

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in WPMinds Simple WP Events Plugin up to 1.8.17 on WordPress. This vulnerability affects the function wpe_delete_file of the file wp-config.php. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-2004. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in WPMinds Simple WP Events Plugin up to 1.8.17 on WordPress and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function wpe_delete_file of the file wp-config.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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).

The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-2004 since 03/05/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

By approaching the search of inurl:wp-config.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• WordPress Plugin

Vendor

• WPMinds

Name

• Simple WP Events Plugin

Version

• 1.8.0
• 1.8.1
• 1.8.2
• 1.8.3
• 1.8.4
• 1.8.5
• 1.8.6
• 1.8.7
• 1.8.8
• 1.8.9
• 1.8.10
• 1.8.11
• 1.8.12
• 1.8.13
• 1.8.14
• 1.8.15
• 1.8.16
• 1.8.17

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