CVE-2026-111234 (GCVE-0-2026-111234)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-15 18:46
Modified
2026-10-16 17:11
Severity ?
8.2 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-73 - External Control of File Name or Path
Summary
SimplePie through 1.9.0 contains a local file read vulnerability that allows malicious feed servers to read server files by supplying file:// URLs in redirects or autodiscovery links. Attackers can return a Location header or feed link pointing to a file:// path, causing file_get_contents() to read files accessible to the web server process.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
SimplePie simplepie Version: 0   ≤ 1.9.0
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