Multiple elFinder Plugins <= (Various Versions) — Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Deletion
CVE-2025-0818Published · Updated Action summary
File Manager Pro – Filester: Affected: ≤1.8.9Update to 1.9 or newer
File Manager Pro: Affected: ≤8.4.2Update to 8.4.3 or newer
Advanced File Manager – Ultimate File Manager for WordPress And Document Library Solution: Affected: ≤5.3.6Update to 5.4.0 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium6.5
- CVSS
- 6.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:LWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:HAttack complexity- High
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:HIntegrity- High
A:LAvailability- Low
- Weakness
- CWE-22 Path Traversal
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
File Manager Pro – Filester filester
- Affected≤ 1.8.9
- Patched in1.9
Update to 1.9 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.8.9. Version 1.9 and later are not affected by this issue.
File Manager Pro wp-file-manager-pro
- Affected≤ 8.4.2
- Patched in8.4.3
Update to 8.4.3 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 8.4.2. Version 8.4.3 and later are not affected by this issue.
Advanced File Manager – Ultimate File Manager for WordPress And Document Library Solution file-manager-advanced
- Affected≤ 5.3.6
- Patched in5.4.0
Update to 5.4.0 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 5.3.6. Version 5.4.0 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under File Manager Pro – Filester.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 1.9, or a newer patched version
- Update to version 8.4.3, or a newer patched version
- Update to version 5.4.0, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch File Manager Pro – Filester to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to tiborisaak.
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.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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| Medium4.4 | Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤1.8.8Update to 1.8.9 | CVE-2025-52710 | |
| High7.2 | Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Upload ≤1.8.8Update to 1.8.9 | CVE-2025-3234 | |
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via File Upload via Public Form Submission | CVE-2026-125055 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter | CVE-2026-119077 | |
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- CVSS / CWE
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