CVE-2025-8357

MEDIUM

Media Library Assistant <3.27 - Path Traversal

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The Media Library Assistant plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion in the /wp-content/uploads directory due to insufficient file path validation and user capability checking in the _process_mla_download_file function in all versions up to, and including, 3.27. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server from the /wp-content/uploads/ directory.

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3
EPSS 0.0029
EPSS Percentile 21.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-862
Status published
Products (1)
dglingren/Media Library Assistant < 3.27
Published Aug 19, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026