# CVE-2025-46441: WordPress Section Widget plugin <= 3.3.1 - Path Traversal vulnerability

> An attacker can exploit a path traversal flaw in the Section Widget plugin to read arbitrary files from the server.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 May 2025
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m7rf-rfhp-h3m3

## What is CVE-2025-46441?

CVE-2025-46441 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in ctltwp Section Widget, published on 19 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Path Traversal: '.../...//' vulnerability in ctltwp Section Widget section-widget allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Section Widget: from n/a through <= 3.3.1.

Weakness: CWE-35 (Path Traversal: '.../...//')

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-46441?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-46441?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-46441 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-46441 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-46441 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-46441 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-46441 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in ctltwp Section Widget, published on 19 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-46441 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ctltwp Section Widget. 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-2025-46441/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46441/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-46441
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46441
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-46441

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46441/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.