High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 15, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2025-7641

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

WordPress/Assistant For Nextgen Galleryreferences
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/assistant-for-nextgen-gallery

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/assistant-for-nextgen-gallery/trunk/nextgenassistant.phpnvd
wordpress.org/plugins/assistant-for-nextgen-gallery/nvd
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/07ebb176-a1f8-4a5c-8d81-a83fda4b0af3nvd

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