CVE-2025-13380 AI Engine for WordPress: ChatGPT, GPT Content Generator <= 1.0.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Read
Authenticated contributors can read arbitrary server files via path traversal in the AI Engine WordPress plugin, exposing sensitive information.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-13380?
CVE-2025-13380 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in liquidthemes AI Engine for WordPress: ChatGPT, GPT Content Generator, published on 25 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The AI Engine for WordPress: ChatGPT, GPT Content Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1. This is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied file paths in the 'lqdai_update_post' AJAX endpoint and the use of file_get_contents() with user-controlled URLs without protocol restrictions in the insert_image() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
Weakness: CWE-73
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13380?
How do I fix CVE-2025-13380?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13380 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-13380 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13380 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r2f4-vxwc-229j.