CVE-2025-8213: Nintechnet Ninjascanner – Virus & Malware Scan

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The NinjaScanner – Virus & Malware scan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the 'nscan_ajax_quarantine' and 'nscan_quarantine_select' functions in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server, including files outside the WordPress root directory.

Affected products

• Nintechnet Ninjascanner – Virus & Malware Scan: up to and including 3.2.5

Published 2025-07-31. Last modified 2026-06-17.