PhastPress <= 3.7 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read via Null Byte Injection
28Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 9.8epss 0.4%
exploitation probability
0.4%top 65% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
kiboit · PhastPressReferences
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/phastpress/tags/3.6/sdk/phast.php#L9570https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/phastpress/tags/3.6/sdk/phast.php#L9597https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/phastpress/tags/3.6/sdk/phast.php#L9608https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/phastpress/tags/3.6/sdk/phast.php#L9641https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3418139https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/eec9bbc0-5a68-4624-a672-bd6227d6fa45?source=cve