CVE-2025-7641: Assistant for NextGEN Gallery <= 1.0.9 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Directory Deletion

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-08-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

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.

Affected products

48hmorris Assistant for NextGEN Gallery: through 1.0.9

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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