AI Engine Plugin up to 1.0.1 on WordPress AJAX Endpoint file_get_contents path traversal

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in AI Engine Plugin up to 1.0.1 on WordPress. This affects the function file_get_contents of the component AJAX Endpoint. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-13380. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in AI Engine Plugin up to 1.0.1 on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function file_get_contents of the component AJAX Endpoint. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The AI Engine for WordPress: ChatGPT, GPT Content Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1. This is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied file paths in the 'lqdai_update_post' AJAX endpoint and the use of file_get_contents() with user-controlled URLs without protocol restrictions in the insert_image() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-13380. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/25/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-199570). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• AI Engine Plugin

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• 1.0.0
• 1.0.1

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