CVE-2025-0818
Multiple elFinder Plugins <= (Various Versions) - Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Deletion
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
6.5
Multiple elFinder Plugins <= (Various Versions) - Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Deletion
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-0818- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-24540
6.5
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.
- Record
EUVD-2025-24540- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fhmh-jw4r-2xp9
6.5
Several WordPress plugins using elFinder versions 2.1.64 and prior are vulnerable to Directory...
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.
- Record
GHSA-fhmh-jw4r-2xp9- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
6.5
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-0818- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
6.5
Multiple elFinder Plugins <= (Various Versions) - Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Deletion
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-0818- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-0818 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in File Manager Pro, published August 13, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.00%, the 63rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c2a166de-3bdf-4883-91ba-655f2757c53b?source=cve
github.com/Studio-42/elFinder
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-file-manager/trunk/lib/php/elFinder.class.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/file-manager-advanced/trunk/application/library/php/elFinder.class.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/filester/trunk/includes/File_manager/lib/php/elFinder.class.php
github.com/Studio-42/elFinder/blob/master/php/elFinder.class.php
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plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3319016/filester
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3335715/file-manager-advanced/trunk/application/library/php/elFinder.class.php
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0818
github.com/advisories/GHSA-fhmh-jw4r-2xp9
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/0xxx/CVE-2025-0818.json