CVE-2026-3296 CRITICAL

CVE-2026-3296: Everest Forms <= 3.4.3 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection via Form Entry Metadata

Vendor Wpeverest
Product Everest Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form, Quiz, Survey & Custom Form Builder
Weakness CWE-502 · Unsafe deserialization
Published April 8, 2026
Last update April 8, 2026

CVSS base score

9.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

Description

The Everest Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.3 via deserialization of untrusted input from form entry metadata. This is due to the html-admin-page-entries-view.php file calling PHP's native unserialize() on stored entry meta values without passing the allowed_classes parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject a serialized PHP object payload through any public Everest Forms form field. The payload survives sanitize_text_field() sanitization (serialization control characters are not stripped) and is stored in the wp_evf_entrymeta database table. When an administrator views entries or views an individual entry, the unsafe unserialize() call processes the stored data without class restrictions.

Key dates

Disclosure timeline

April 8, 2026 CVE published
April 8, 2026 Record updated