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NinjaScanner – Virus & Malware scan, CVE-2025-8213

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2025-8213

Published on
Jul 31, 2025
Research Description
The NinjaScanner – Virus & Malware scan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the 'nscan_ajax_quarantine' and 'nscan_quarantine_select' functions in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server, including files outside the WordPress root directory.
Affected versions
Min -, max 3.2.6.
Status
vulnerable