FKIE_CVE-2025-7641

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-08-15 09:15 - Updated: 2025-08-15 13:12
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
The Assistant for NextGEN Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary directory deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the /wp-json/nextgenassistant/v1.0.0/control REST endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.9. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary directories on the server, which can cause a complete loss of availability.
References
security@wordfence.comhttp://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/assistant-for-nextgen-gallery/trunk/nextgenassistant.php#L163
security@wordfence.comhttps://wordpress.org/plugins/assistant-for-nextgen-gallery/
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/07ebb176-a1f8-4a5c-8d81-a83fda4b0af3?source=cve
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  "lastModified": "2025-08-15T13:12:51.217",
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