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Description

The Feeds for YouTube Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file read in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.0 via the 'sby_check_wp_submit' AJAX action. This is due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data and the use of that data in a file operation. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information, granted the 'Save Featured Images' setting is enabled and 'Disable WP Posts' is disabled. Note: This vulnerability only affects the Pro version of Feeds for YouTube.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-10-20 | Published 2026-01-17 | Updated 2026-01-20 | Assigner Wordfence




MEDIUM: 5.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Problem types

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Product status

Default status
unaffected

* (semver)
affected

Timeline

2025-10-20:Vendor Notified
2026-01-16:Disclosed

Credits

LionTree finder

References

www.wordfence.com/...-c376-45b1-9ffe-35c80b89b60d?source=cve

smashballoon.com/youtube-feed/

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...be/trunk/inc/sby-functions.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...be/trunk/inc/sby-functions.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/.../Services/AdminAjaxService.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/.../Services/AdminAjaxService.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/.../Services/AdminAjaxService.php

cve.org (CVE-2025-12002)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-12002)

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