CVE-2025-7780 Path traversal in AI Engine – The Chatbot, AI Framework & MCP for WordPress
Authenticated attackers can read arbitrary files on the web server due to missing URL scheme validation in the AI Engine WordPress plugin.
- 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-2025-7780?
CVE-2025-7780 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in tigroumeow AI Engine – The Chatbot, AI Framework & MCP for WordPress, published on 24 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The AI Engine plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.4. The simpleTranscribeAudio endpoint fails to restrict URL schemes before calling get_audio(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to read any file on the web server and exfiltrate it via the plugin’s OpenAI API integration.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-7780?
How do I fix CVE-2025-7780?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-7780 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-2025-7780 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-7780 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mg6f-qcc4-f2gp.