Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 23, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026
CVE-2025-14388
CVE-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.
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1Patches
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References
6- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/phastpress/tags/3.6/sdk/phast.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/phastpress/tags/3.6/sdk/phast.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/phastpress/tags/3.6/sdk/phast.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/phastpress/tags/3.6/sdk/phast.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3418139nvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/eec9bbc0-5a68-4624-a672-bd6227d6fa45nvd
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