Multiple elFinder Plugins <= (Various Versions) - Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Deletion

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2025-0818
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published August 12, 2025
Last Updated August 13, 2025
Researcher tiborisaak
Description

Several WordPress plugins using elFinder versions 2.1.64 and prior are vulnerable to Directory Traversal in various versions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires a site owner to explicitly make an instance of the file manager available to users.

References

3 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug file-manager-advanced (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 5.3.6
Patched Version
  • 5.4.0
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug filester (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.8.9
Patched Version
  • 1.9
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-file-manager-pro (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 8.4.2
Patched Version
  • 8.4.3
This record contains material that is subject to copyright

Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc.
License: Defiant hereby grants you a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute this software vulnerability information. Any copy of the software vulnerability information you make for such purposes is authorized provided that you include a hyperlink to this vulnerability record and reproduce Defiant's copyright designation and this license in any such copy. License Detail.