What is CVE-2025-8357?

CVE-2025-8357 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dglingren Media Library Assistant, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-08-19.

How severe is CVE-2025-8357?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Dglingren Media Library Assistant

CVE-2025-8357

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.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.003 (24.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Dglingren Media Library Assistant — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-8357?: CVE-2025-8357 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dglingren Media Library Assistant, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-08-19.
How severe is CVE-2025-8357?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.