PT-2026-1553 · WordPress · Emailkit

Dmitry Ignatyev · Published 2026-01-07 · Updated 2026-01-07 · CVE-2025-14059

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions EmailKit versions up to and including 1.6.1

Description The EmailKit plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Arbitrary File Read due to a Path Traversal issue. This occurs because of a lack of path validation in the create template REST API endpoint. User-controlled input from the emailkit-editor-template parameter is directly passed to the file get contents() function without proper sanitization. This allows authenticated attackers with Author-level permissions or higher to read arbitrary files on the server, potentially including sensitive configuration files such as /etc/passwd and wp-config.php, through the REST API. The file contents are stored in post meta and can be exfiltrated through MetForm's email confirmation feature.

Recommendations Update EmailKit to a version later than 1.6.1.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-73

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-14059

Affected Products

Emailkit

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14059 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/emailkit/trunk/includes/Admin/Api/CheckForm.php#L163 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/91ebe8cb-99ec-4380-a77e-17e17144a17e?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2008771283006415120 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/41564 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3419280%40emailkit%2Ftrunk&old=3373383%40emailkit%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file1 · Note