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CVE-2026-111234: SimplePie through 1.9.0 Local File Read via file:// Redirect

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-10-15 · updated 2026-10-16
• Weakness: CWE-73

Description

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.

Affected products

• simplepie: through 1.9.0

References

• https://github.com/abraxas/pfsense-rss-file-redirect
• https://github.com/simplepie/simplepie
• https://github.com/simplepie/simplepie/blob/76cccb1b2c5dcaf44f304c925ab30c0f48643992/src/File.php#L160-L176
• https://github.com/simplepie/simplepie/blob/76cccb1b2c5dcaf44f304c925ab30c0f48643992/src/File.php#L289-L293
• https://github.com/simplepie/simplepie/blob/76cccb1b2c5dcaf44f304c925ab30c0f48643992/src/HTTP/Psr18Client.php#L75-L157
• https://github.com/simplepie/simplepie/issues/968
• https://github.com/simplepie/simplepie/pull/991
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/simplepie-through-1.9.0-local-file-read-via-file-redirect

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