# CVE-2025-9196: Trinity Audio <= 5.21.0 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure

> Unauthenticated attackers can access sensitive configuration data via a phpinfo file in the Trinity Audio WordPress plugin.

- **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:** 11 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4c4v-q7vw-5qgg

## What is CVE-2025-9196?

CVE-2025-9196 is a medium-severity vulnerability in sergiotrinity Trinity Audio – Text to Speech AI audio player to convert content into audio, published on 11 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Trinity Audio – Text to Speech AI audio player to convert content into audio plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 5.21.0 via the ~/admin/inc/phpinfo.php file that gets created on install. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including configuration data.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-9196?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-9196?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9196 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-9196 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-9196 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Disclosure for CVE-2025-9196 (github_poc): https://github.com/MooseLoveti/Trinity-Audio-CVE-Report
- Trinity Audio <= 5.21.0 - Information Exposure (nuclei): http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-9196.yaml

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-9196 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-9196 is a medium-severity vulnerability in sergiotrinity Trinity Audio – Text to Speech AI audio player to convert content into audio, published on 11 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-9196 exists.

Affected product: sergiotrinity Trinity Audio – Text to Speech AI audio player to convert content into audio. 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-2025-9196/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9196/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-9196
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9196
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-9196

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9196/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.