CVE-2025-13681
BFG Tools – Extension Zipper <= 1.0.7 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Path Traversal via 'first_file' Parameter
The BFG Tools – Extension Zipper plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.7. This is due to insufficient input validation on the user-supplied first_file parameter in the zip() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files and directories outside the intended /wp-content/plugins/ directory, which can contain sensitive information such as wp-config.php.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used 4.9
BFG Tools – Extension Zipper <= 1.0.7 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Path Traversal via 'first_file' Parameter
The BFG Tools – Extension Zipper plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.7. This is due to insufficient input validation on the user-supplied first_file parameter in the zip() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files and directories outside the intended /wp-content/plugins/ directory, which can contain sensitive information such as wp-config.php.
- Record
CVE-2025-13681- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-206977 4.9
The BFG Tools – Extension Zipper plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.7. This is due to insufficient input validation on the user-supplied first_file parameter in the zip() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files and directories outside the intended /wp-content/plugins/ directory, which can contain sensitive information such as wp-config.php.
- Record
EUVD-2025-206977- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7254-7x79-hj7p 4.9
The BFG Tools – Extension Zipper plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all...
The BFG Tools – Extension Zipper plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.7. This is due to insufficient input validation on the user-supplied first_file parameter in the zip() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files and directories outside the intended /wp-content/plugins/ directory, which can contain sensitive information such as wp-config.php.
- Record
GHSA-7254-7x79-hj7p- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD 4.9
The BFG Tools – Extension Zipper plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.7. This is due to insufficient input validation on the user-supplied first_file parameter in the zip() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files and directories outside the intended /wp-content/plugins/ directory, which can contain sensitive information such as wp-config.php.
- Record
CVE-2025-13681- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-13681 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.9) in Thebaldfatguy Bfg Tools – Extension Zipper, published February 14, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.42%, the 36th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5bd95df9-4355-4d57-ba44-59280463e284?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bfg-tools-extension-zipper/trunk/bfg-tools-extension-zipper.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bfg-tools-extension-zipper/tags/1.0.7/bfg-tools-extension-zipper.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3412948%40bfg-tools-extension-zipper&new=3412948%40bfg-tools-extension-zipper
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13681
github.com/advisories/GHSA-7254-7x79-hj7p