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CVE-2025-13972

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.9 Published: 2025-12-12 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Unknown

Weakness Type

CWE-22

References