Path Traversal in Chimp Group Home Villas | Real Estate WordPress Theme

CVE-2025-5014

The Home Villas | Real Estate WordPress Theme theme for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the 'wp_rem_cs_widget_file_delete' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, 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).

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.4th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 55.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-5014: held from 0.007 to 0.008.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.008 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-5014?
CVE-2025-5014 is a high-severity vulnerability in Chimp Group Home Villas | Real Estate WordPress Theme, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-07-02.
How severe is CVE-2025-5014?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.