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GHSA-3474-JCV8-WW27

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-08-15 09:31 – Updated: 2025-08-15 09:31

Details

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.

Severity ?

7.5 (High)


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

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CVE-2025-7641 (GCVE-0-2025-7641)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-15 08:25 – Updated: 2025-08-15 16:28

Title

Assistant for NextGEN Gallery <= 1.0.9 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Directory Deletion

Summary

Severity ?

7.5 (High)


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

CWE

CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Assigner

Wordfence

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
	http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/assista…
	https://wordpress.org/plugins/assistant-for-nextg…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	48hmorris	Assistant for NextGEN Gallery	Affected: * , ≤ 1.0.9 (semver)

Credits

Youcef Hamdani

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-3474-JCV8-WW27

CVE-2025-7641 (GCVE-0-2025-7641)

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