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CVE-2025-14388

kiboit PhastPress — PhastPress <= 3.7 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read via Null Byte Injection

Description · from the CVE record

The PhastPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read via null byte injection in all versions up to, and including, 3.7. This is due to a discrepancy between the extension validation in `getExtensionForURL()` which operates on URL-decoded paths, and `appendNormalized()` which strips everything after a null byte before constructing the filesystem path. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files from the webroot, including wp-config.php, by appending a double URL-encoded null byte (%2500) followed by an allowed extension (.txt) to the file path.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
PhastPress≤ 3.7–CNA

Scores by source

Wordfence (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

refwordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/eec9bbc0-5a68-4624-a672-bd6227d6fa45?source=cverefplugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/phastpress/tags/3.6/sdk/phast.php#L9641refplugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/phastpress/tags/3.6/sdk/phast.php#L9608refplugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/phastpress/tags/3.6/sdk/phast.php#L9570refplugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/phastpress/tags/3.6/sdk/phast.php#L9597refplugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3418139