CVE-2025-7641

7.5 highEPSS 0.6%

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

CVSS 3.1

7.5 high

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

EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 46% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-22
Published: 2025-08-15
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

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

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