CVE-2025-7641 Information

Aug 16, 2025 cve

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5

CNNVD-202508-1829 (Published: 2025-08-15)

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