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

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2025-7641
CVSS High (7.5)
Publicly Published August 14, 2025
Last Updated August 15, 2025
Researcher theviper17y
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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug assistant-for-nextgen-gallery (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0.9
Patched Version
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