PT-2025-50839 · Watchtowerhq · Watchtowerhq

Camilla Flocco · Published 2025-12-12 · Updated 2025-12-12 · CVE-2025-13972

Mitre

CVSS v3.1

4.9

Medium

Base vector

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

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.

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-13972

Affected Products

Watchtowerhq

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13972 · Security Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/13fcbff8-8560-48ca-82df-8b620961d9c6?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/watchtowerhq/trunk/src/Download.php#L104 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/watchtowerhq/tags/3.15.0/src/Download.php#L104 · Note