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CVE-2025-0818

Published: Aug 13, 2025

Modified: Apr 8, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.5

MEDIUM

Description

Several WordPress plugins using elFinder versions 2.1.64 and prior are vulnerable to Directory Traversal in various versions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires a site owner to explicitly make an instance of the file manager available to users.

Vendor	Product	Versions
ninjateam	File Manager Pro – Filester	affected `0 - <= 1.8.9`
saadiqbal	Advanced File Manager – Ultimate File Manager for WordPress And Document Library Solution	affected `0 - <= 5.3.6`
File Manager	File Manager Pro	affected `0 - <= 8.4.2`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

Low

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c2a166de-3bdf-4883-91ba-655f2757c53b?source=cve

https://github.com/Studio-42/elFinder

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-file-manager/trunk/lib/php/elFinder.class.php

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/file-manager-advanced/trunk/application/library/php/elFinder.class.php#L5411

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/filester/trunk/includes/File_manager/lib/php/elFinder.class.php#L5378

https://github.com/Studio-42/elFinder/blob/master/php/elFinder.class.php#L5367

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3319016/filester

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3335715/file-manager-advanced/trunk/application/library/php/elFinder.class.php

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