📄 Description (English)
WordPress Plugin WP with Spritz 1.0 contains a remote file inclusion vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files by injecting file paths into the url parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to wp.spritz.content.filter.php with malicious url values to access sensitive files like system configuration and credentials.
🤖 AI Executive Summary
CVE-2018-25329 is a remote file inclusion (RFI) vulnerability in WordPress Plugin WP with Spritz 1.0 that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files through the url parameter. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability poses a significant risk to WordPress installations, potentially exposing sensitive configuration files and credentials. No patch is currently available, requiring immediate mitigation through alternative controls.
📄 Description (Arabic)
🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: May 21, 2026 01:02
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
This vulnerability poses significant risk to Saudi organizations using WordPress for web presence, particularly in government agencies, banking sector websites, healthcare portals, and e-commerce platforms. Government entities under NCA oversight and financial institutions regulated by SAMA are at elevated risk if running outdated WordPress plugins. The ability to read arbitrary files could expose sensitive data including database credentials, API keys, and system configuration details critical to Saudi infrastructure. Telecom and energy sector web applications are also vulnerable if using this plugin.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Government
Banking and Financial Services
Healthcare
E-commerce
Telecommunications
Energy and Utilities
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
7.8
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
Immediate Actions:
1. Identify all WordPress installations using WP with Spritz plugin version 1.0
2. Disable or immediately remove the vulnerable plugin from all affected systems
3. Review web server access logs for suspicious requests to wp.spritz.content.filter.php containing file path traversal patterns
4. Audit file access logs for unauthorized reads of sensitive files (wp-config.php, .env, database files)
Compensating Controls:
1. Implement Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to block requests containing file inclusion patterns (../, file://, php://) to wp.spritz.content.filter.php
2. Restrict file permissions on sensitive configuration files (wp-config.php) to read-only for web server user
3. Disable PHP execution in upload directories and sensitive folders
4. Implement strict input validation and URL parameter filtering at the web server level
5. Monitor for suspicious GET requests with encoded or obfuscated file paths
Detection Rules:
1. Alert on GET requests to wp.spritz.content.filter.php with url parameters containing: ../, file://, php://, /etc/passwd, wp-config
2. Monitor for HTTP 200 responses returning file contents from wp.spritz.content.filter.php
3. Track failed authentication attempts followed by RFI attempts
4. Log and alert on access to sensitive files from web server process
Long-term:
1. Migrate to alternative, actively maintained WordPress plugins
2. Implement WordPress security hardening per OWASP guidelines
3. Establish plugin update and patch management procedures
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
الإجراءات الفورية:
1. تحديد جميع تثبيتات WordPress التي تستخدم مكون WP with Spritz الإصدار 1.0
2. تعطيل أو إزالة المكون الضعيف فوراً من جميع الأنظمة المتأثرة
3. مراجعة سجلات الوصول لخادم الويب للطلبات المريبة إلى wp.spritz.content.filter.php التي تحتوي على أنماط اجتياز المسارات
4. تدقيق سجلات الوصول للملفات للقراءات غير المصرح بها للملفات الحساسة
الضوابط البديلة:
1. تنفيذ قواعد جدار حماية تطبيقات الويب (WAF) لحجب الطلبات التي تحتوي على أنماط إدراج الملفات
2. تقييد أذونات الملفات على ملفات التكوين الحساسة
3. تعطيل تنفيذ PHP في مجلدات التحميل والمجلدات الحساسة
4. تنفيذ التحقق الصارم من المدخلات وتصفية معاملات URL على مستوى خادم الويب
5. مراقبة طلبات GET المريبة ذات المسارات المشفرة أو المبهمة
قواعد الكشف:
1. تنبيهات على طلبات GET إلى wp.spritz.content.filter.php بمعاملات url تحتوي على أنماط خطرة
2. مراقبة استجابات HTTP 200 التي تعيد محتويات الملفات
3. تتبع محاولات المصادقة الفاشلة متبوعة بمحاولات RFI
4. تسجيل والتنبيه على الوصول إلى الملفات الحساسة
المدى الطويل:
1. الهجرة إلى مكونات WordPress بديلة يتم صيانتها بنشاط
2. تنفيذ تقسية أمان WordPress
3. إنشاء إجراءات إدارة التحديثات والتصحيحات
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
A.5.1.1 - Information Security Policies and Procedures
A.6.1.1 - Access Control Policy
A.8.1.1 - Asset Management
A.12.2.1 - Change Management
A.12.6.1 - Management of Technical Vulnerabilities
🔵 SAMA CSF
ID.RA-1 - Asset Inventory and Risk Assessment
PR.AC-1 - Access Control and Authentication
PR.PT-1 - Security Architecture and Design
DE.CM-1 - Detection and Analysis
RS.RP-1 - Response Planning
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.5.1 - Management Direction for Information Security
A.6.1 - Internal Organization
A.8.1 - Asset Management
A.12.2 - Change Management
A.12.6 - Management of Technical Vulnerabilities
A.14.2 - Development Security
🟣 PCI DSS v4.0.1
Requirement 2.2 - Configuration Standards
Requirement 6.2 - Security Patches
Requirement 6.5 - Injection Flaws
Requirement 11.2 - Vulnerability Scanning