Feeds for YouTube Pro Plugin up to 2.6.0 on WordPress sby_check_wp_submit path traversal

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A vulnerability has been found in Feeds for YouTube Pro Plugin up to 2.6.0 on WordPress and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function sby_check_wp_submit. This manipulation causes path traversal. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2025-12002. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Feeds for YouTube Pro Plugin up to 2.6.0 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function sby_check_wp_submit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

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.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-12002. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/18/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-3158). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Social Network Software

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• Feeds for YouTube Pro Plugin

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• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6.0

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