CVE-2025-14388CRITICAL 9.8EPSS p33.1%
CVE-2025-14388CVE-2025-14388
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS 3.1 | 9.8 (CRITICAL) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.42% probability of exploitation · percentile 33.1% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z |
| Published | 2025-12-23 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-15 |
Underlying weaknesses· 1
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/phastpress/tags/3.6/sdk/phast.php#L9570
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/phastpress/tags/3.6/sdk/phast.php#L9597
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/phastpress/tags/3.6/sdk/phast.php#L9608
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/phastpress/tags/3.6/sdk/phast.php#L9641
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3418139
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/eec9bbc0-5a68-4624-a672-bd6227d6fa45?source=cve
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| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Charactercwe-158 | 0% | live |
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