# CVE-2025-14059: EmailKit <= 1.6.1 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Read via Path Traversal

> Authenticated attackers with Author permissions can read arbitrary server files via path traversal in the EmailKit WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-69c5-xxxm-r666

## What is CVE-2025-14059?

CVE-2025-14059 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in roxnor EmailKit – Email Customizer for WooCommerce & WP, published on 7 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The EmailKit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read via Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.1. This is due to missing path validation in the create_template REST API endpoint where user-controlled input from the emailkit-editor-template parameter is passed directly to file_get_contents() without sanitization. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Author-level permissions or higher to read arbitrary files on the server, including sensitive configuration files like /etc/passwd and wp-config.php, via the REST API. The file contents are stored in post meta and can be exfiltrated through MetForm's email confirmation feature.

Weakness: CWE-73 (External Control of File Name or Path)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14059?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-14059?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14059 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-14059 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14059 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

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Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14059 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-14059 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in roxnor EmailKit – Email Customizer for WooCommerce & WP, published on 7 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14059 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: roxnor EmailKit – Email Customizer for WooCommerce & WP. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14059/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14059/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14059
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14059
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-14059

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14059/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.