WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

PhastPress < 3.8 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read via Null Byte Injection

Description

The plugin is vulnerable to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read via null byte injection 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.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 3.8

References

Classification

Type
FILE DOWNLOAD
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
shark3y
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2025-12-22 (about 6 months ago)
Added
2025-12-22 (about 6 months ago)
Last Updated
2025-12-22 (about 6 months ago)

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