AI Engine <= 2.9.4 - Missing URL Scheme Validation to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Read via simpleTranscribeAudio and get_audio Functions

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2025-7780
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published July 23, 2025
Last Updated August 20, 2025
Researcher ISMAILSHADOW
Description

The AI Engine plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.4. The simpleTranscribeAudio endpoint fails to restrict URL schemes before calling get_audio(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to read any file on the web server and exfiltrate it via the plugin’s OpenAI API integration.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug ai-engine (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.9.4
Patched Version
  • 2.9.5
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