{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13972 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13972 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2025-13972 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in WatchTowerHQ, published on 12 Dec 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-13972 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-13972 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in WatchTowerHQ, published on 12 Dec 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13972 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: WatchTowerHQ. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13972/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13972/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-13972","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13972/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-13972","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-58q3-hw27-275g"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_read"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"Authenticated administrators can read arbitrary server files via path traversal in the WatchTowerHQ WordPress plugin, potentially exposing sensitive credentials.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":4.9,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-22","name":"Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory"}],"description":"The WatchTowerHQ plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file read via the 'wht_download_big_object_origin' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.16.0. This is due to insufficient path validation in the handle_big_object_download_request function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and a valid access token, to read arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information such as database credentials and authentication keys.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Path traversal in WatchTowerHQ","id":"CVE-2025-13972","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"StickEasy Protected Contact Form \u003c= 1.0.1 - Unauthenticated Information Disclosure","id":"CVE-2025-13973"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"TWW Protein Calculator \u003c= 1.0.24 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'Header' Setting","id":"CVE-2025-13971"},"products":["WatchTowerHQ"],"published":"2025-12-12","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-08","vendors":["watchtowerhq"]},"summary":"Authenticated administrators can read arbitrary server files via path traversal in the WatchTowerHQ WordPress plugin, potentially exposing sensitive credentials.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13972/"}