CVE-2025-7641

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.5 High

Status

Deferred - security@wordfence.com

Published

2025-08-15

Last modified

2026-04-08

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected products

• Assistant For Nextgen Gallery (48hmorris)

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