# CVE-2025-13603: WP AUDIO GALLERY <= 2.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Read via .htaccess Manipulation

> Authenticated subscribers can overwrite .htaccess to read arbitrary files due to missing capability checks in WP Audio Gallery.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Feb 2026
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-36c8-8hrq-7r5x

## What is CVE-2025-13603?

CVE-2025-13603 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in husainali52 WP AUDIO GALLERY, published on 19 Feb 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The WP AUDIO GALLERY plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unauthorized Arbitrary File Read in all versions up to, and including, 2.0. This is due to insufficient capability checks and lack of nonce verification on the "wpag_htaccess_callback" function This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to overwrite the site's .htaccess file with arbitrary content, which can lead to arbitrary file read on the server under certain configurations.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13603?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-13603?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13603 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-13603 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13603 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-13603 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-13603 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in husainali52 WP AUDIO GALLERY, published on 19 Feb 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13603 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: husainali52 WP AUDIO GALLERY. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13603/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13603/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-13603
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13603
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-13603

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13603/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.