PT-2025-33459 · WordPress+1 · Assistant For Nextgen Gallery+1

Youcef Hamdani · Published 2025-08-15 · Updated 2025-08-15 · CVE-2025-7641

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Assistant for NextGEN Gallery plugin for WordPress versions up to and including 1.0.9

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. This allows unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary directories on the server, potentially causing a complete loss of availability.

Recommendations: Update the Assistant for NextGEN Gallery plugin to a version later than 1.0.9.

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-7641

Affected Products

Assistant For Nextgen Gallery

Nextgen Gallery

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-7641 · Security Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/07ebb176-a1f8-4a5c-8d81-a83fda4b0af3?source=cve · Note
• http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/assistant-for-nextgen-gallery/trunk/nextgenassistant.php#L163 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1956289018494382236 · Twitter Post
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/assistant-for-nextgen-gallery · Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/30104 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/132411 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1956320137671286797 · Twitter Post