CVE-2026-5957
The EmailKit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read in all versions up to and including 1.6.5. This is due to a flawed path traversal validation in the create_template() method of the CheckForm class, where realpath() is called on the allowed base directory (wp-content/uploads/emailkit/templates/) which may not exist, causing it to return false.
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In PHP 8.x, strpos($real_path, false) implicitly converts false to an empty string, and strpos() with an empty needle always returns 0, causing the check strpos(...) !== 0 to evaluate to false and bypassing the path validation entirely. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to read arbitrary files from the server, including sensitive files such as wp-config.php, by supplying an absolute path to the emailkit-editor-template REST API parameter.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Puntuación base: 6.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.67%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 51
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
CWE
- CWE-22
Referencias
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/emailkit/tags/1.6.5/includes/Admin/Api/CheckForm.php#L163
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/emailkit/tags/1.6.5/includes/Admin/Api/CheckForm.php#L166
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/emailkit/tags/1.6.5/includes/Admin/Api/CheckForm.php#L170
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/emailkit/tags/1.6.5/includes/Admin/EmailSettings/MetformEmailSettings.php#L252
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/emailkit/trunk/includes/Admin/Api/CheckForm.php#L163
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/emailkit/trunk/includes/Admin/Api/CheckForm.php#L166
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/emailkit/trunk/includes/Admin/Api/CheckForm.php#L170
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/emailkit/trunk/includes/Admin/EmailSettings/MetformEmailSettings.php#L252
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3511701%40emailkit%2Ftrunk&old=3496714%40emailkit%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ae58e5b0-b587-4503-8519-c5a50245891a?source=cve
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