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 3.19.8 (CRITICAL)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS0.42% probability of exploitation · percentile 33.1% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z
Published2025-12-23
Last modified2026-04-15

Underlying weaknesses· 1

CWE-158

References

  1. https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/phastpress/tags/3.6/sdk/phast.php#L9570
  2. https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/phastpress/tags/3.6/sdk/phast.php#L9597
  3. https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/phastpress/tags/3.6/sdk/phast.php#L9608
  4. https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/phastpress/tags/3.6/sdk/phast.php#L9641
  5. https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3418139
  6. https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/eec9bbc0-5a68-4624-a672-bd6227d6fa45?source=cve

1

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
WeaknessImproper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Charactercwe-1580%live

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