CVE-2025-12973 File upload in S2B AI Assistant – ChatBot, AI Agents, ChatGPT API, Image Generator
Authenticated editors can upload arbitrary files due to missing validation, potentially leading to remote code execution on the server.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-12973?
CVE-2025-12973 is a high-severity vulnerability in oc3dots S2B AI Assistant – ChatBot, AI Agents, ChatGPT API, Image Generator, published on 21 Nov 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The S2B AI Assistant – ChatBot, ChatGPT, OpenAI, Content & Image Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the storeFile() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Editor-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.
Weakness: CWE-434
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12973?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12973?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12973 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-12973 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12973 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7m6g-f54m-hfq2.