# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **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:** 24 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mg6f-qcc4-f2gp

## 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 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## 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.

## Is CVE-2025-7780 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-7780 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

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Check this codebase for CVE-2025-7780 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-7780 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: tigroumeow AI Engine – The Chatbot, AI Framework & MCP for WordPress. 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-2025-7780/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7780/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-7780
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-7780
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-7780

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7780/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.