CVE Alert: CVE-2025-7641
Vulnerability Summary: CVE-2025-7641
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.
Affected Endpoints:
No affected endpoints listed.
Published Date:
8/15/2025, 9:15:27 AM
🔥 CVSS Score:
Exploit Status:
Not ExploitedEPS Score: 0.00062 | Ranking EPS: 0.19365
References:
- http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/assistant-for-nextgen-gallery/trunk/nextgenassistant.php#L163
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/assistant-for-nextgen-gallery/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/07ebb176-a1f8-4a5c-8d81-a83fda4b0af3?source=cve
Recommended Action:
No proposed action available. Please refer to vendor documentation for updates.
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