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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-0818

Several WordPress plugins using elFinder versions 2.1.64 and prior are vulnerable to Directory Traversal in various versions.

Published Aug 13, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 8, 2026 · File Manager File Manager Pro – Filester

Last checked Oct 24, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-0818. EPSS is 1.00%. Act only if a listed version of File Manager File Manager Pro – Filester is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Medium6.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
1.00%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor File Manager File Manager Pro – Filester 0 ≤1.8.9

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor File Manager File Manager Pro – Filester 0 ≤1.8.90 ≤1.8.9

How to fix CVE-2025-0818

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-0818. EPSS is 1.00%. Act only if a listed version of File Manager File Manager Pro – Filester is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with File Manager File Manager Pro – Filester 0 ≤1.8.9 0 ≤1.8.9. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 1.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 13, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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.

  2. Apr 8, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-0818

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-0818

    30-day exploitation probability 1.00%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-24540

    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 exp

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 24, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 24, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 21, 2026
  • EUVDOct 20, 2026