CVE-2025-13972

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.

CVSS 3.1

4.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 43% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-22

Published

2025-12-12

Modified

2026-10-14

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/watchtowerhq/tags/3.15.0/src/Download.php#L104
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/watchtowerhq/trunk/src/Download.php#L104
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/13fcbff8-8560-48ca-82df-8b620961d9c6?source=cve

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