Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability in Media Library Assistant Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-8357

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Media Library Assistant
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 August 2025

What is CVE-2025-8357?

The Media Library Assistant plugin for WordPress is susceptible to arbitrary file deletion attacks due to inadequate file path validation and insufficient user capability checks within its _process_mla_download_file function. This vulnerability allows authenticated users with Author-level privileges or higher to delete arbitrary files from the /wp-content/uploads/ directory, potentially leading to data loss and site disruption. All versions up to and including 3.27 are affected.

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Affected Version(s)

Media Library Assistant * <= 3.27

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-library-...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

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