PhastPress <= 3.7 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read via Null Byte Injection
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-14388
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pgxv-mqxq-9799
References
Other 6
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/eec9bbc0-5a68-4624-a672-bd6227d6fa45?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/phastpress/tags/3.6/sdk/phast.php#L9641
- 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#L9570
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/phastpress/tags/3.6/sdk/phast.php#L9597
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3418139
More kiboit vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-74588 PhastPress Unauthenticated Server-Side Request Forgery via Host Header CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
- TI-2021-06502 PhastPress < 1.111 - Open Redirect CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2025-14388 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-14388 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pgxv-mqxq-9799 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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