CVE-2025-0818Multiple elFinder Plugins <= (Various Versions) - Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Deletion

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.

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

References and patches

• 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…
• 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/elFi…