What is CVE-2025-13725?

CVE-2025-13725 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Thimpress Thim Blocks, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-01-17.

How severe is CVE-2025-13725?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Thimpress Thim Blocks

CVE-2025-13725

The Gutenberg Thim Blocks – Page Builder, Gutenberg Blocks for the Block Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file reads in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1. This is due to insufficient path validation in the server-side rendering of the thim-blocks/icon block. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server via the 'iconSVG' parameter, which can contain sensitive information such as wp-config.php.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.004 (28.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Thimpress Thim Blocks — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-13725?: CVE-2025-13725 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Thimpress Thim Blocks, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-01-17.
How severe is CVE-2025-13725?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.