CVE-2025-7641: 48hmorris Assistant For NextGen Gallery

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• 48hmorris Assistant For NextGen Gallery: up to and including 1.0.9

Published 2025-08-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.