NinjaScanner – Virus & Malware scan <= 3.2.5 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Deletion

Absolute Path Traversal
CVE CVE-2025-8213
CVSS High (7.2)
Publicly Published July 30, 2025
Last Updated July 31, 2025
Researcher Jonas Benjamin Friedli
Description

The NinjaScanner – Virus & Malware scan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the 'nscan_ajax_quarantine' and 'nscan_quarantine_select' functions in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server, including files outside the WordPress root directory.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug ninjascanner (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.2.5
Patched Version
  • 3.2.6
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