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CVE-2025-8213: NinjaScanner – Virus & Malware scan <= 3.2.5 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Deletion

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: 2025-07-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-36

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.

Affected products

• nintechnet NinjaScanner – Virus & Malware scan: through 3.2.5

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ninjascanner/trunk/lib/ajax_hooks.php#L331
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ninjascanner/trunk/lib/tab_quarantine.php#L114
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3336569/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6b1da345-ddbb-48ad-b0c1-bb0cb3b0fc69?source=cve

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