What is CVE-2025-10916?

CVE-2025-10916 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Formgent, classified under CWE-73 EXTERNAL CONTROL OF FILE NAME OR PATH. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2025-10-21.

How severe is CVE-2025-10916?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Formgent

CVE-2025-10916

The FormGent WordPress plugin before 1.0.4 is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files on the server.

Published 2025-10-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (25.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 25.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Formgent — versions 0

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/81c23998-1abb-495f-890a-79624a4cab9a/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-10916?: CVE-2025-10916 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Formgent, classified under CWE-73 EXTERNAL CONTROL OF FILE NAME OR PATH. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2025-10-21.
How severe is CVE-2025-10916?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.