CVE-2025-0818: file manager file manager pro Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-0818 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Path Traversal vulnerability in file manager file manager pro. EPSS estimates a 1.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 5.4.0, 1.9 and 8.4.3.

Timeline

1. 13-08-2025
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 08-04-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.