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

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-0818",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Multiple elFinder Plugins <= (Various Versions) - Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Deletion",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2025-0818",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "aliases": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/studio-42/elfinder",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
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                  "last_affected": "deaa6797df1c6f288238b47284c9b593174bfc0f"
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                    "source": "DESCRIPTION"
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          "versions": [
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            "2.1.63",
            "2.1.62",
            "2.1.61",
            "2.1.60",
            "2.1.59",
            "2.1.58",
            "2.1.57",
            "2.1.56",
            "2.1.55",
            "2.1.54",
            "2.1.53",
            "2.1.52",
            "2.1.51",
            "2.1.50",
            "2.1.49",
            "2.1.48",
            "2.1.47",
            "2.1.46",
            "2.1.45",
            "2.1.44",
            "2.1.43",
            "2.1.42",
            "2.1.41",
            "2.1.40",
            "2.1.39",
            "2.1.38",
            "2.1.37",
            "2.1.36",
            "2.1.35",
            "2.1.34",
            "2.1.33",
            "2.1.32",
            "2.1.31",
            "2.1.30",
            "2.1.29",
            "2.1.28",
            "2.1.27",
            "2.1.26",
            "2.1.25",
            "2.1.24",
            "2.1.23",
            "2.1.22",
            "2.1.21",
            "2.1.20",
            "2.1.19",
            "2.1.18",
            "2.1.17",
            "2.1.16",
            "2.1.15",
            "2.1.14",
            "2.1.13",
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            "2.1.3",
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            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-0818.json"
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:32.698567952Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/Studio-42/elFinder/blob/master/php/elFinder.class.php#L5367",
        "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://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-file-manager/trunk/lib/php/elFinder.class.php",
        "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",
        "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c2a166de-3bdf-4883-91ba-655f2757c53b?source=cve",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/0xxx/CVE-2025-0818.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0818",
        "https://github.com/Studio-42/elFinder"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-22"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "Wordfence",
        "unresolved_ranges": [
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            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
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                    "last_affected": "1.8.9"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "5.3.6"
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                  {
                    "last_affected": "8.4.2"
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                "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
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      }
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    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2025-0818",
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 499469,
  "published_at": "2025-08-13T03:42:04.514+00:00"
}