CVE-2025-13603
HIGHDescription
The WP AUDIO GALLERY plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unauthorized Arbitrary File Read in all versions up to, and including, 2.0. This is due to insufficient capability checks and lack of nonce verification on the "wpag_htaccess_callback" function This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to overwrite the site's .htaccess file with arbitrary content, which can lead to arbitrary file read on the server under certain configurations.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 29% of all known CVEs.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-audio-gallery/tags/2.0/lib/util-functions.php#L133
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-audio-gallery/tags/2.0/wp-audio-gallery.php#L162
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-audio-gallery/tags/2.0/wp-audio-gallery.php#L647
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/852959d1-f8e0-4c1f-8a5c-5923bedc4889?source=cve
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